ERC Consolidator Grant · 2023
Incentivizing Citizen Exposure to Quality News Online: Framework and Tools
Populism, polarisation, and wavering support for democratic norms are pressing threats to the EU. NEWSUSE seeks to explain and remedy these threats by bringing the problem of insufficient news consumption to the forefront. Rather than focusing on echo chambers, misinformation, or filter bubbles, I argue that very low news use among citizens is a drastically overlooked problem, which leads to voting misaligned with individual interests and susceptibility to manipulative, populist and misinformed rhetoric. Brexit and the 2016 US election are key examples. Because greater news exposure can make citizens more resilient to the various democratic threats, it is urgent to address the fundamental…
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