Toward building deliberative digital media: From subversion to consensus

10/15/2024
Sandy Pentland, Lily L. Tsai

Evidence-based and human-centric design of digital media platforms could reduce many of the problems of misinformation, polarization, and misaligned incentives that plague both society and individual organizations. With these sorts of design changes, it may become possible to build deliberative digital media that are useful both for discussions of contentious issues and for achieving successful collective action.