Is the global decline in democracy linked to social media? We combed through the evidence to find out

By Stephan Lewandowsky, Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol, and Honorary Professor of Psychology, The University of Western Australia
Lisa Oswald, Doctoral researcher in computational social science, Hertie School
Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, Research Scientist, Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Ralph Hertwig, Director, Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development

The internet has been heralded as liberation technology and accused of undermining democracy. The available research shows it is a bit of both.

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