Where are the Teeth of the Fourth Power?
Physics and Society
2024-02-07 v1
Authors:
Lutz Straßburger
Abstract
The news we consume influence our political opinions, and therefore whoever controls which news we read also controls our political opinions. Does this mean that the algorithms that select our news determine the outcomes of our elections?
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@article{arxiv.2402.03409,
title = {Where are the Teeth of the Fourth Power?},
author = {Lutz Straßburger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.03409},
year = {2024}
}
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