Dr Lucy McDonald at St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge

Philosopher鈥檚 thumbs-down to social media 鈥榣ikes鈥 gets award thumbs-up from Royal Institute

12 May 2021

探花直播Royal Institute of Philosophy has awarded (jointly) its 2021 essay prize to a 探花直播 of Cambridge researcher for the first philosophical analysis of 鈥榣iking鈥 on social media. 探花直播essay, which focuses on Facebook, warns that 鈥榣ikes鈥 encourage communicative laziness while 鈥榣ike tallies鈥 fuel fake news, 鈥gamify聽sociality鈥 and play to our psychological weaknesses.

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