November 30, 2022
Is social media good for democracy?
Democracy's complex relationship with social media is characterised by increased political polarisation, violence, and populism.
Philipp Lorenz-Spreen is a research scientist at the Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development. His research focuses on self-organised online discourse and how to empower democratic and autonomous decision-making through platform design and boosting.