Persuasion in social media: smoke and mirrors
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Keywords
social media; confirmation bias; contrarianism; identity-based censoring; categorical thinking;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L82 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Entertainment; Media
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MIC-2024-09-16 (Microeconomics)
- NEP-PAY-2024-09-16 (Payment Systems and Financial Technology)
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