Paper 19 · IV. Agency & Salience Mechanics

Salience, Manipulation, and Control — A Structural Account

Released

Analyzes manipulation as salience restructuring rather than agency bypass.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18615483

Function in corpus

Influence mechanics under AI mediation.

Details

• Key move: Manipulation is salience restructuring, not deception. • Corpus role: Released (DOI available). • Scope note: As AI systems become the primary mediators of information environments, the salience-restructuring mode of influence becomes dominant.