Social Media, Information Markets, and the Attention Economy, with Prof. Vincent Hendricks
Social Media and Politics
English - September 04, 2022 07:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsGovernment Science Social Sciences social media social networks politics political science digital marketing media communication democracy facebook Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Prof. Vincent Hendricks, Professor of Formal Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen, discusses his new book The Ministry of Truth: Big Tech's Influence over Facts, Feelings, and Fictions.
Prof. Hendricks shares how social media are like investment banks in the attention economy, how information is packaged and sold, and what Big Tech's growing influence on critical infrastructure means for politics and society.