INFLUENTIAL SCIENTISTS
DIGITAL HUMANISM AND COGNITIVE AUTHORITY
Keywords:
digital humanism, cognitive authority, digital influencer, scientistAbstract
His research focuses on establishing theoretical relationships between digital humanism and cognitive authority, applying these two concepts to the context of scientific influencers. The research problem questions how social networks are creating new forms of scientific authority, based less on institutions and more on reputation, visibility, and trust. The overall objective is to investigate the connections between digital humanism and cognitive authority through the analysis of reputation and trust-building strategies employed by the scientific influencer Mari Krüger on her TikTok profile. Methodologically, this is a qualitative and descriptive documentary research study, using video as a document. Content analysis was used to analyze the results. The results obtained allowed the objective to be achieved; there is a confluence between the ideas of digital humanism and cognitive authority, and their findings are perceptible in the research results. It is noteworthy that the analysis of the concrete case made it possible to empirically understand the relationship between digital humanism and cognitive authority.