Technology and Democracy : Understanding the influence of online technologies on political behaviour and decision-making / coordinating lead authors: Stephan Lewandowsky, Laura Smillie ; authors: David García ... [et al.] ; contributing authors: Cailin O’Connor ... [et al.] .-- Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union, 2020 .-- 170 p. : gráf. ; 1 documento PDF .-- (JRC Science for Policy Report).

Drawing from many disciplines, the report adopts a behavioural psychology perspective to argue that “social media changes people’s political behaviour”. Four pressure points are identified and analysed in detail: the attention economy; choice architectures; algorithmic content curation; and mis/disinformation. Policy implications are outlined in detail.


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ISBN 978-92-76-24088-4

1831-9424

10.2760/709177 . doi

Tecnologías habilitadoras digitales


citizens
behaviour
fake news
economic growth
energy efficiency
online technologies


García, David
Lewandowsky, Stephan
Smillie, Laura
O’Connor, Cailin


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