FROM GEAR TO ALGORITHM

AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF INFORMATION REGIME FROM FROHMANN TO BYUNG-CHUL HAN

Abstract

The concept of information regime has become established as a fundamental theoretical framework within the scope of Information Science. Based on a literature review grounded in the perspectives of five key authors—Bernd Frohmann, Hamid Ekbia, Tom Evans, Maria Nélida González de Gómez, Sandra Braman, and Byung-Chul Han—this work discusses the conceptual construction of information regime in the field. This process involves a complex network of multiple actors, encompassing subjects, technological apparatuses, power dynamics, and cultural particularities, highlighting a transition from a perspective of mediation, organization, and emancipation through access, to a contemporary form of domination and psychopolitical control. The consolidation of these articulations expands the theoretical and methodological boundaries of the field, offering robust answers to the construct of guiding models for the informational problems related to the concept of information regime.