Guillaume Latzko-Toth
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Guillaume Latzko-Toth is a leading scholar in the sociology of digital communication, with a particular focus on the co-construction of technology and social practices. His research centers on the early internet, specifically examining how users and technical systems shape each other. His major contributions lie in analyzing Internet Relay Chat (IRC), a foundational chat protocol. In his doctoral thesis, "La co-construction d'un dispositif sociotechnique de communication: le cas de l'Internet Relay Chat" (2010), he demonstrated how IRC was continuously co-constructed by a network of human and non-human actors. Building on this, his influential paper "The Socialization of Early Internet Bots: IRC and the Ecology of Human-Robot Interactions Online" (2016) explored the emergence of bots as social actors within IRC networks, offering a pioneering view of human-robot interaction before the term became mainstream. While his citation counts reflect a specialized field, his work is foundational for understanding the sociotechnical dynamics of early online communities and the historical roots of today's bot ecology. Latzko-Toth’s research remains essential for students and scholars interested in internet history, science and technology studies, and the co-evolution of users and digital platforms.
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