All those likes and upvotes are bad news for democracy

Vincent Fella Hendricks

All those likes and upvotes are bad news for democracy

Department of Communication

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Abstract

Human beings have long been easily influenced by the opinions of others but the social media networks that have come to dominate our lives may be making this “social proof” a problem

Original language	English
Article number	21547
Journal	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 18 Dec 2013

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