Living with AI - Public Lecture
Professor Tanja Bosch, University of Cape Town, South Africa, current Bonnier Guest Professor, holds a public lecture on Oct 7 titled: "Living with AI: Intimacy, Culture and Public Knowledge"
Professor Tanja Bosch
Albert Bonnier Guest Professor, Public Lecture
Wednesday, October 7, 15.00-17.00
Campus Albano: Hörsal 1, Hus 1, Våning 2
AI is becoming part of how attention is organised, how cultural material circulates, and how people encounter information.
Professor Bosch on the public lecture: Generative AI is becoming part of everyday life, shaping how we search, write, learn, create, entertain ourselves, and make sense of the world. Drawing on my recent book Calibrated Intimacies: Algorithms, Emotion, and the Soft Power of Apps (Palgrave, 2026), this talk explores the growing intimacy of our relationship with AI and the ways engagement, entertainment, and popular culture help make these systems familiar and ordinary.
From recommendation systems and AI generated content to conversational tools and digital companions, AI is becoming part of how attention is organised, how cultural material circulates, and how people encounter information.
The talk considers what these developments mean for journalism and public knowledge, including which forms of knowledge become prominent, how credibility is shaped, and how AI is changing the wider environment in which people encounter, interpret, and share information.
Tanja Bosch, Professor of Media Studies at the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and current Chair in Digital Media Sociology, holds a 2026 Albert Bonnier Guest Professorship at the Department of Media Studies at Stockholm University.
Professor Bosch is engaged in the interdisciplinary and critical examination of journalism, particularly within the context of digital transformation, platform governance, and decolonial media studies. Her latest book is Calibrated Intimacies: Algorithms, Emotion, and the Soft Power of Apps (Palgrave, 2026). She is also the associate editor of African Journalism Studies, a peer- reviewed journal advancing Global South perspectives in media scholarship.
Last updated: 2026-10-05
Source: Department of Media Studies