المجلة الدولية للاتصال الاجتماعي
Volume 13, Numéro 1, Pages 26-42
2026-03-31

‎structural Transformations In The Communication System: ‎from Human Interaction To Algorithmic Mediation‎- Critical Analytical Study

Authors : Guettaf Sarra .

Abstract

The contemporary communication system is undergoing profound structural transformations due to the rapid ‎development of artificial intelligence and algorithmic systems. Communication is no longer purely human-‎centered, based solely on intentionality and symbolic interaction; instead, it has become a space shared with ‎non-human actors capable of producing messages, directing meaning, and influencing collective awareness. ‎This study critically analyzes these transformations from a philosophical perspective, tracing the evolution of ‎communication models from Shannon and Weaver’s linear model, through Habermas’s communicative ‎rationality, to Castells’s network society, with particular attention to the emergence of the algorithmic actor. ‎The findings indicate that these transformations not only affect communication tools but also reshape the ‎communicative structure, social values, and the position of humans within the digital public sphere.‎

Keywords

Communication system ; Human actor ; Algorithmic‎ ; Network ‎society ; Communication models