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TechREG® Chronicle – Designed Addiction

TechREG® Chronicle – Designed Addiction

TechREG® Chronicle August 2024

Dear Readers, Over the past year, much attention has focused on the degree to which certain social media providers engage in what is sometimes termed “addiction by design.” The term refers to the extent to which certain platforms target certain users (particularly younger or other potentially younger users) with technologies...

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TechREG® Chronicle – Designed Addiction
CPI
Aug 27, 2024
Weapons of Mass Distraction and Addiction by Design: What Techniques Do Social Media Operators Use to Increase User Engagement?
Mark Griffiths
Aug 27, 2024
Reconciling Freedom of Speech and Freedom from Manipulative Design: The First Amendment Status of Online Architectures
Marc Blitz
Aug 27, 2024
Beyond Likes And Shares: The Multifaceted Influence of Social Media on Adolescents
Donna Cooner
Aug 27, 2024
Knowledge Problems and the Challenge of Understanding in the Social Media Addiction Cases
Will Rinehart
Aug 27, 2024
The Not So Strange Case of the Attention Economy and Behavioral Advertising
Mariano delli Santi
Aug 27, 2024

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