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Beyond disinformation or declining trust, the transformation of publicity in digital capitalism involves a reorganisation of the sensible that reshapes how communication is felt, perceived, and shared. Drawing on John Dewey\u2019s pragmatist aesthetics and Byung-Chul Han\u2019s critique of psychopower, the analysis interprets algorithmic mediation as an aesthetic regime that converts attention and affect into value, fragmenting the experiential basis of democratic life. The article conceptualises this process as\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">aesthetic colonisation<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2013 the absorption of perception into metrics of visibility \u2013 and proposes an alternative model of\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">reflective publicity<\/jats:italic>\n                    grounded in Dewey\u2019s notion of aesthetic experience as shared meaning and Han\u2019s defence of negativity as a space for reflection. Through this dialogue, the article develops a critical framework for understanding how digital environments transform the formation of publics and argues that democratic regeneration requires an\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">aesthetics of formation<\/jats:italic>\n                    . 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