Reframing Responsibility and Risk in Algorithmic Societies

Forensic Intelligence and Digital Resilience
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-35239-2
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

This book redefines how responsibility, risk, and agency are understood in algorithmic societies. While “digital responsibility” is widely promoted in education, policy, and industry, it remains narrowly framed—as an individual moral duty or a technical skillset. This book challenges that reduction. It introduces forensic intelligence as a missing sociotechnical capacity: the ability to trace, interpret, and interrogate platform infrastructures and algorithmic systems. It reframes digital resilience not as a psychological trait or security protocol, but as an epistemic and civic capacity—the competence to adapt, interpret, and act under informational uncertainty. Integrating empirical validation and theoretical innovation, the book presents the FROM Model, which links digital literacy, capital, and security with resilience and citizenship. The aim is to bridge gaps between ethics, governance, communication theory, and real-world practice. Written for scholars, policymakers, educators, and system designers, this interdisciplinary monograph provides both an analytical framework and applied insight. It transforms dominant narratives of responsibility by showing how it must be relational, communicative, and institutionally supported—if it is to be effective at all. The book supports a paradigm shift: from compliance to cognition, from individual blame to systemic accountability.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gombar, Marija

Pejic Bach, Mirjana

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Digitale Medien, Internet, Telekommunikation
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Era of Resilient Minds— From Turbulence to Awareness.- Chapter 2: Forensic Intelligence and Algorithmic Accountability.- Chapter 3: The FROM Model: Empirical Pathways of Digital Adaptation.- Chapter 4: Human Capital and Organisational Resilience.- Chapter 5: Applied Scenarios: From Algorithmic Incidents to Responsible Governance.- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Toward a Communicative Resilience Paradigm.

Über Autor(innen)

Marija Gombar is a doctoral researcher and a staff officer at the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia. Her academic work explores digital communication, algorithmic ethics, and forensic intelligence, building on two decades of experience in strategic communication and defence research.

Mirjana Pejic Bach is a Full Professor at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business. Her research focuses on data science, digital transformation, and decision support systems, with numerous high-impact publications and editorial roles in internationally indexed journals.