More than a dozen researchers at multiple universities who study technology, behavior and complex systems believe questions about the impact of communications technology on collective behavior should be regarded as a "crisis discipline," says a new paper: techpolicy.press/study-of-socia…
Noting "the vulnerability of these systems to misinformation and disinformation poses a dire threat to health, peace, global climate and more," they call on researchers and social media executives to take a Hippocratic oath not to harm to humanity. techpolicy.press/study-of-socia…
Citing challenges such as vaccine refusal, election misinfo, racism and extremism, they say “the structure of our social networks and the patterns of information that flow through them are directed by engineering decisions made to maximize profitability" techpolicy.press/study-of-socia…
Authors include @jbakcoleman, @CT_Bergstrom, @jayvanbavel, @jenniferjacquet, @albert_kao, @kaiatombak, @elkeweber et al
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