Robert Epstein
The New Mind Control
Aeon, 2016
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The Internet influences users in a variety of subtle ways, but could tech companies fix an election?
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To what degree are search engines, such as Google, able to influence Internet users’ perceptions? Senior research psychologist Robert Epstein details a series of experiments his team conducted to study the effects of biased search results on people’s opinions and political voting choices. Epstein’s well-explained findings, in turn, reveal the frightening implications of unregulated technology’s capacity to manipulate opinions on a global scale. getAbstract recommends this article to everyone interested in technology and social science trends.
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About the Author
Robert Epstein is a senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology. He has authored 15 books and is the former editor-in-chief of Psychology Today.
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