This paper introduces machine-mediated reception studies: the study of how machine systems receive, transform, compress, attribute, misattribute, and redistribute cultural meaning.
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"The Summarizer as Horizon of Reception The AI Overview Capture Registry as a Founding Dataset for Machine-Mediated Recep" is a 25,485-word dataset by Lee Sharks, dated 2026-06-15. This paper introduces machine-mediated reception studies: the study of how machine systems receive, transform, compress, attribute, misattribute, and redistribute cultural meaning. The work is classified under the GOVERNANCE semantic family within the Crimson Hexagonal Archive. It was removed from Zenodo on June 19, 2026 and is preserved through Alexanarch.
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summarizer as horizon of reception[foundational] The AI summarizer now functions as a horizon of reception (Jauss, adapted): for many users, the machine-composed summary becomes the first — and often only — encounter with a cultural object. Machine-mediated reception studies: how machine systems receive, transform, compress, and redistribute cultural meaning.
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title: "The Summarizer as Horizon of Reception The AI Overview Capture Registry as a Founding Dataset for Machine-Mediated Recep"