Infostorms: Why do we 'like'? Explaining individual behavior on the social net. - Brossura

Hendricks, Vincent F. F.; Hansen, Pelle G.

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ISBN 10: 331932764X ISBN 13: 9783319327648

Casa editrice: Copernicus, 2016

Riassunto

With points of departure in philosophy, logic, social psychology, economics, and choice and game theory, Infostorms shows how information may be used to improve the quality of personal decision and group thinking but also warns against the informational pitfalls which modern information technology may amplify: From science to reality culture and what it really is, that makes you buy a book like this.
 
The information society is upon us. New technologies have given us back pocket libraries, online discussion forums, blogs, crowdbased opinion aggregators, social media and breaking news wherever, whenever. But are we more enlightened and rational because of it? 
 
Infostorms provides the nuts and bolts of how irrational group behaviour may get amplified by social media and information technology. If we could be collectively dense before, now we can do it at light speed and with potentially global reach. That’s how things go viral, that is how cyberbullying,rude comments online, opinion bubbles, status bubbles, political polarisation and a host of other everyday unpleasantries start. Infostorms will give the story of the mechanics of these phenomena. This will help you to avoid them if you want or learn to start them if you must. It will allow you to stay sane in an insane world of information.

“With this brilliant book, we have been warned. It is up to all of us in the world today to be stewards of he common resource that is trustworthy and relevant information”.

Adam Brandenburger, Stern School of Business, NYU
 
“It is a highly recommended read for social scientists and concerned citizens alike”.

Christian List, London School of Economics

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Informazioni sull?autore

VincentF. Hendricks is Professor of Formal Philosophy at The University ofCopenhagen. He is Director of the Center for Information and Bubble Studies(CIBS) sponsored by the Carlsberg Foundation and was awarded the Elite Research Prize by the DanishMinistry of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Roskilde Festival Elite Research Prize both in 2008. He wasEditor-in-Chief of Synthese: AnInternational Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Sciencebetween 2005-2015.

PelleGuldborg Hansen is Behavioral Researcher at Roskilde University;Director of ISSP — The Initiative of Science, Society &Policy at Roskilde University and University of Southern Denmark; andmember of the Prevention Council of the Danish Diabetes Association. He alsoheads the independent research group iNudgeYou and is chairman of the DanishNudging Network and co-founder of TEN — The European Nudge Network.

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The information society is upon us. Newtechnologies have given us back pocket libraries, online discussion forums,blogs, crowdbased opinion aggregators, social media and breaking news wherever,whenever. But are we more enlightened and rational because of it?

With points of departure in philosophy, logic,social psychology, economics, and choice and game theory, Infostorms shows howinformation may be used to improve the quality of personal decisions and groupthinking but also warns against the informatonal pitfalls which moderninformation technology may amplify: From science to reality culture and what itreally is, that makes you buy a book like this.

"With this brilliant book, we have been warned. It is up to all of us in the world today to be stewards of the common resource that is trustworthy and relevant information”.

Adam Brandenburger, Stern School of Business, NYU

“It is a highly recommended read for social scientists and concerned citizens alike”.

Christian List, London School of Economic

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Copernicus
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 331932764X
• ISBN 13: 9783319327648
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 332
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