Technology and democracy: Understanding the influence of online technologies on political behaviour and decision-making

Stephan  Lewandowsky; Laura Smillie; David Garcia; Ralph Hertwig; Jim Weatherall; Stefanie Egidy; Ronald Robertson; Cailin O'Connor; Anastasia Kozyreva; Philipp Lorenz-Spreen; Yannik Blaschke; Mark Leiser

doi:10.2760/709177

Technology and democracy: Understanding the influence of online technologies on political behaviour and decision-making

Stephan Lewandowsky^*, Laura Smillie, David Garcia, Ralph Hertwig, Jim Weatherall, Stefanie Egidy, Ronald Robertson, Cailin O'Connor, Anastasia Kozyreva, Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Yannik Blaschke, Mark Leiser

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Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science (7060)

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Brussels
Publisher	European Commission
Number of pages	172
ISBN (Electronic)	978-92-76-24088-4
ISBN (Print)	978-92-76-24089-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2760/709177
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Name	JRC Science for Policy Report

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Lewandowsky, S., Smillie, L., Garcia, D., Hertwig, R., Weatherall, J., Egidy, S., Robertson, R., O'Connor, C., Kozyreva, A., Lorenz-Spreen, P., Blaschke, Y., & Leiser, M. (2020). Technology and democracy: Understanding the influence of online technologies on political behaviour and decision-making. (JRC Science for Policy Report). European Commission. https://doi.org/10.2760/709177

Lewandowsky, S, Smillie, L, Garcia, D, Hertwig, R, Weatherall, J, Egidy, S, Robertson, R, O'Connor, C, Kozyreva, A, Lorenz-Spreen, P, Blaschke, Y & Leiser, M 2020, Technology and democracy: Understanding the influence of online technologies on political behaviour and decision-making. JRC Science for Policy Report, European Commission, Brussels. https://doi.org/10.2760/709177

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