Mechanised Opinion-Making: Arguments for Systematic Political Nudging
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: People undergo genuine opinion change over time. It is natural when this change is driven by new communication means, better information sources or new issues and agendas hovering in the environment are adding or replacing old ones. But when external agencies somehow control the opinion-making process, this is where ‘mechanised opinion-making budding out. The paper, through the survey data, tries to find out how opinions are being manipulated and throw light on the political behaviour of voters in the context of their interaction with new media tools.
Author: Siraj Husain Shah
Institution: Aligarh Muslim University
Language: English
Topic: Social Media and Politics
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410161375