7: Conclusion: Digital Communication in Pandemic Times and Commontopia as the Potential Future of Communication and Society

This chapter draws conclusion from the analyses presented in the preceding chapters.

Everyday life and everyday communication have undergone large changes in the pandemic crisis. The conclusion asks in what kind of society we want to live and how we want to communicate in the future. It poses the question of what kind of Internet we want and need in the future in post-pandemic times. Commontopia is presented as the potential future of communication and society.