The economics of (mis)information in the age of social media

社交媒体时代（错误）信息的经济学

• 批准号: DP240103257
• 负责人: Prof Anton Kolotilin
• 金额: $ 14.56万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2027-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP240103257
• 关键词: economics; mis; information; age; social

New media technologies allow anyone to broadcast their views, leading to a “cacophony of voices” where misinformation flourishes.  Tools from information economics are tailor-made for understanding information consumption in settings with many biased news sources. We develop economic models where many sources compete to attract and influence heterogenous listeners. We then study how misinformation spreads and amplifies when consumers of information communicate with many others through a social network. Finally, we study how to design simple and robust rules to foster informative discourse and filter misinformation. The results will shape economic policy recommendations for regulating misinformation in media platforms and social media.

新媒体技术允许任何人传播自己的观点，从而导致错误信息泛滥的“杂音”。信息经济学的工具是为理解存在许多偏见新闻来源的环境中的信息消费而量身定制的。我们开发了许多来源相互竞争的经济模型。然后，我们研究当信息消费者通过社交网络与其他人交流时，错误信息如何传播和放大。最后，我们研究如何设计简单而强大的规则来促进信息性话语和过滤错误信息。塑造经济规范媒体平台和社交媒体中的错误信息的政策建议。