Thursday, April 11, 2013

Information technology amplifies irrational group behaviour

Not surprising, if you are on Facebook.

http://news.ku.dk/all_news/2013/2013.4/information_technology_amplifies_irrational_group_behaviour/

“Group behaviour that encourages us to make decisions based on false beliefs has always existed. However, with the advent of the internet and social media, this kind of behaviour is more likely to occur than ever, and on a much larger scale, with possibly severe consequences for the democratic institutions underpinning the information societies we live in,” says professor of philosophy at the University of Copenhagen Vincent F. Hendricks.

In the article Infostorms just published in the journal Metaphilosophy, he and fellow researchers Pelle G. Hansen and Rasmus Rendsvig analyse a number of social information processes which are enhanced by modern information technology.

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