The participatory web and Artificial Intelligence have demolished the structure and architecture of cultural mediation that existed before their advent in mainstream society.
Social organizations that played a role in cultural mediation, such as schools, the mass media, the church, and political parties, were essentially marginalized in their social role, that is, in their key function as mediators between the population and official culture.
Authrority has been tipped on its head, first in participatory social media platforms, where the profile of any user has the potential to gain equal authority online compared to large historical structures such as the Catholic Church or like publishers and newspapers.
In the daily consultation of content in social media, any post potentially carries equal weight and validity to another.
Interaction with AI platforms has further disintermediated the educational community, with a powerful truth-telling effect on users, who are attracted by the allure of verisimilitude and structured responses.
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