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Digital Addiction
A study of smartphone use shows that consumers’ excessive use of smartphones and social media may result from digital addiction. Self-control tools reduce usage and improve well-being.
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Matthew Gentzkow, Hunt Allcott, Lena Song |
2021 |
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Legal Internalism in Modern Histories of Copyright
Process concerns, including formal registration requirements and the rule of law, are important to copyright lawyers and policymakers. Recent histories of copyright law neglect these procedural elements.
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Shyamkrishna Balganesh, Taisu Zhang |
2021 |
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Cybersecurity Hiring in Response to Data Breaches
Data on firm-level hiring shows that firms increase hiring of cybersecurity workers following data breaches, particularly when the press covers the breach.
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Erik Brynjolfsson, Sarah Bana, Sebastian Steffen, Wang Jin, Xiupeng Wang |
2021 |
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Anticipatory News Infrastructures: Seeing Journalism’s Expectations of Future Publics in Its Sociotechnical Systems
The news media expects certain types of news and certain types of public life; these expectations can affect outcomes, if people cannot imagine alternatives to the futures described by the press.
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Mike Ananny, Megan Finn |
2020 |
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Cross-Country Trends in Affective Polarization
Political polarization in several countries, including the United States, is increasing. Key factors include increasing polarization among elite political party members and the spread of cable news services.
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Matthew Gentzkow, Jesse Shapiro, Levi Boxell |
2020 |
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Making Up Political People: How Social Media Create the Ideals, Definitions, and Probabilities of Political Speech
Facebook’s fact checking service assumes that the public is rational and seeks the truth, but people are more influenced by emotion. Some are concerned that false news is not banned, but merely ranked lower.
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Mike Ananny |
2020 |
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European Digital Sovereignty”: Successfully Navigating Between the “Brussels Effect” and Europe’s Quest for Strategic Autonomy
“European digital sovereignty” encompasses regulatory and strategic concerns. The European Union (EU) is the most powerful global actor in digital regulation, though its power is not unlimited.
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Theodore Christakis |
2020 |
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The Internet as a Speech Conversion Machine and Other Myths Confounding Section 230 Reform Efforts
Policymakers are now revisiting the responsibility of online platforms for harmful content. Under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), online platforms are immune from liability for content posted by users.
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Danielle Citron, Mary Anne Franks |
2020 |
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Cross-Platform Disinformation Campaigns: Lessons Learned and Next Steps
Disinformation campaigns use misleading information to discredit a political adversary. Opponents of a humanitarian group operating in Syria use Twitter and YouTube to discredit the group.
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Kate Starbird, Tom Wilson |
2020 |
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The Welfare Effects of Social Media
Observers are increasingly aware of the negative effects of social media, including political polarization. This study shows that deactivation of social media reduces political polarization and increases happiness.
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Matthew Gentzkow, Hunt Allcott, Luca Braghieri, Sarah Eichmeyer |
2020 |