TITLE:
Psychological Reconfigurations of Communication Mediated by Platforms and Algorithms: Cognition, Affectivity, and Sociality in the Digital Age
AUTHORS:
David Kiantwadi Pata
KEYWORDS:
Digital Communication, Numerical Cognition, Affects, Algorithms, Psychology of Communications
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.13 No.11,
November
3,
2026
ABSTRACT: The generalization of digital environments profoundly transforms the cognitive, emotional and social conditions of communication. Using the framework of communications psychology, this article analyzes how platforms, interfaces and algorithms reconfigure attention, emotion, decisions and social relationships. It shows that contemporary communication is part of hybrid human-technical systems, where digital environments act as active architectures guiding cognition, amplifying affects and structuring interactions. The article finally proposes an integrated analytical model and discusses its theoretical and methodological implications for Information and Communication Sciences.