Privacy and Transparency in the 4th Space: Implications for Conspiracy Theories

• Authors: Christoph M. Abels , Daniel Hardegger

Abstracts

EN

This article investigates the role of privacy and transparency in the 4th Space and outlines their implications for the development and dissemination of conspiracy theories. We argue that privacy can be exploited by individuals and organizations to spread conspiracy theories online, while organizational transparency, intended to increase accountability and ultimately trust, can have the adverse effect and nurture conspiracy beliefs. Through the lens of the 4th Space concept, we offer suggestions on how to approach those challenges which emerge as a result of the complex entanglements of both actual and virtual world across time.

Keywords

EN

Transparency; privacy; disinformation; conspiracy theory; 4th space

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii PAN
• Journal: Filozofia i Nauka
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 10, zeszyt specjalny
• Pages: 187-212

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Christoph M. Abels

• Hertie School, Friedrichstraße 180, 10117 Berlin, Germany

author

Daniel Hardegger

• ZHAW School of Management and Law, Gertrudstrasse 15, 8401 Winterthur, Switzerland

Identifiers

DOI

10.37240/FiN.2022.10.zs.8

Biblioteka Nauki

31234178