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{"title":"Mitigating social polarization in video sharing platform using unbiased recommendation system: A case study of South Korea political youtube channels","authors":"Giang T.C. Tran ,&nbsp;Jason J. Jung ,&nbsp;Jeonghun Han","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102881","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102881","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In a digital age marked by surging polarization and the rise of echo chambers on video-sharing platforms, the imperative for unbiased, diverse content recommendation systems has never been more apparent. This study aims to propose a novel approach for building an unbiased recommendation system on a video-sharing platform to address the issue of escalating polarization and biased content. Our novel system targets the heart of social polarization, aiming to provide users with balanced exposure to a spectrum of perspectives on contentious issues. By integrating advanced techniques for polarity measurement, harnessing user activity, and leveraging video characteristics, we have constructed an innovative unbiased recommendation system. Commencing with seed channels, we collect sample data to establish user activity models and gauge the bias of each channel. The comprehensive feature set we utilize includes video titles, hashtags, posting times, comment distribution, and active users, each meticulously embedded to ensure the utmost precision in addressing user preferences. The output of the model is designed to provide users seeking relevant videos for social events without polarization bias. We use political polarization as a representative case, amassing data from Korean Political YouTube channels via our TubePlunger system. Beginning with six seed channels and approximately one million users, we analyzed more than six million comments on 24,000 videos to create an expansive dataset, eventually encompassing over 50 other relevant channels. More than 80% of survey participants agree that our system offers a means to achieve information balance across the political spectrum, in contrast to YouTube recommendations. They view TubePlunger as a valuable solution for addressing media-related social polarization issues. This proposed recommendation system approach has the potential to encourage a more equitable and informed political discourse, curbing polarization and enhancing democratic engagement in the online realm. This research signifies a pivotal stride in the realm of unbiased recommendation systems, transcending politics to extend its influence across diverse fields, providing balanced perspectives and bridging divides in a polarized digital world.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102881"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143738176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How to involve society into the ethics of non-invasive brain stimulation? Strategies for broader participation of stakeholders","authors":"M.J. Maier ,&nbsp;J. Breuer ,&nbsp;P. Ramasawmy ,&nbsp;A. Antal ,&nbsp;G. Northoff ,&nbsp;A. Oliviero ,&nbsp;A. Carter","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102890","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102890","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Research and use of emerging neurotechnologies raise challenging ethical questions. We argue that a broad societal inclusion of different groups is needed in neuroethical deliberations which poses methodological challenges. Three requirements for participatory processes in the field of neuroethics include: (i) Integration of different types of knowledge, (ii) Debate about potential futures of neurotechnologies, and (iii) Balancing of technical-medical and societal-social concerns. One approach to meet these requirements is a “design-based and co-creative” participatory process. The approach ensures that all project interactions are easily accessible and relevant to all stakeholders and go beyond a survey of stakeholder opinions. Development and explication of ethical issues is consequently no longer a matter of small groups of specialists but systematically organized among the engagements of different stakeholder groups.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102890"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143738999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Public attitudes towards gasification technologies in the UK, Germany and China and their susceptibility to the Nasty Effect","authors":"Christopher R. Jones ,&nbsp;Roh Pin Lee ,&nbsp;Daphne Kaklamanou","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102891","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102891","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In many countries, there is growing interest in the use of gasification technologies as an alternative to oil and natural gas in industrial-scale chemical production. Gasification could help to reduce reliance on fossil fuel imports and, depending upon the feedstock used, could help to decarbonise and improve the circularity of the sector. Despite the importance that public acceptance can have for the roll-out of industrial technologies, studies into public attitudes and risk perceptions of gasification technology are lacking. To address this gap, the current study investigated public attitudes towards two forms of gasification (coal and waste gasification) using an online survey distributed to demographically representative samples of the public from the UK, Germany and China. The objectives were to: (1) gain insight into public attitudes towards the use of gasification technologies in these countries; (2) assess potential divergence in public attitudes towards the use of different carbon sources within gasification; and (3) identify the potential impact of negative social framing – namely the Nasty Effect – on risk perceptions. Results showed that attitudes towards gasification were generally positive in all three countries, although significantly more so in China. The anticipated preference for waste gasification was observed in the UK and Germany but not in China. There was little consistent evidence of the Nasty Effect in terms of participants’ evaluations of the technological and environmental risks of gasification in each country. The results hold potential implications for the development of future outreach and communication activities relating to the technology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102891"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143784012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"General purpose technology R&D specialization and supply chain cross-industry expansion: The moderation effect of technology portfolio breadth and depth","authors":"Feng Dong ,&nbsp;Guiyang Zhang ,&nbsp;Liang Mei","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102889","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102889","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Since the general purpose technology (GPT) was first introduced, scholars have shown great interest in its giant impact and have extensively discussed its diffusion and commercialization within whole industry supply chain. However, few studies explore how GPT R&amp;D of a firm incentives its collaboration with new cross-industry partners and thus expands its own supply chain. Drawing on innovational complementarities of GPTs and the technology spillover theory, this study focuses on the concept of “specialization” as the main source of complementarities, and investigates the nonlinear relationship between a firm's specialization in GPT R&amp;D and its cross-industry supply chain expansion. Based on a sample of 297 “firm-year” observations from 45 top firms during the period 2010–2019, the empirical results suggest that a firm's GPT R&amp;D specialization has an inverted U-shape impact on its supply chain cross-industry expansion. Furthermore, its technology portfolio breadth moderates the inverted U-shaped relationship in the way that the higher the breadth, the flatter the inverted U-shaped curve. However, the effect of technology portfolio depth is opposite, yet statistically insignificant. The findings provide new insights into how GPT R&amp;D reconfigures supply chain collaboration from the perspective of innovation complementarities. They also guide the firm to configure a moderate level of GPT R&amp;D specialization and a lower level of technology portfolio breadth to achieve better performance in supply chain cross-industry expansion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102889"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143760840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Incentivizing digitalization: CEO compensation and digitalization in China's A-share corporate landscape","authors":"R.M. Ammar Zahid ,&nbsp;Umer Sahil Maqsood ,&nbsp;Murtaza Hussain ,&nbsp;Muhammad Waleed Younas","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102888","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102888","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Executives’ compensation structures can strongly affect the ability and readiness of companies to undertake digital transformation (DT) initiatives. This study investigates the intricate dynamics among CEO compensation and DT within Chinese public companies over the period from 2010 to 2023. The analysis identified three principal findings. Firstly, there is a positive association between the CEO paygap and DT, indicating that greater compensation disparities incentivize CEOs to pursue technological advancements. Secondly, managerial shareholding significantly positively moderates this relationship, likely due to the alignment of managerial and shareholder interests. Thirdly, this influence is more pronounced in state-owned enterprises compared to non-state-owned enterprises. This could be due to different governance structures and objectives in state-owned entities. Moreover, government regulations aimed at controlling CEO compensation are found to dampen DT efforts, suggesting that such constraints might hinder digital innovation. Channel analysis reveals agency costs and audit quality as key mediators that help to align the CEOs interests in support of DT. Various methodological approaches, such as instrumental variables (IV) and propensity score matching (PSM), validate the robustness of these results. Findings highlight the need for a balanced approach to CEO compensation and regulation to foster DT. Policymakers should consider the potential unintended consequences of stringent compensation regulations on technological advancement. Companies are encouraged to align managerial incentives with shareholder interests through shareholding schemes to enhance DT efforts. These findings provide a framework for comprehending and managing executive compensation dynamics in the context of digital transformation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102888"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A study on the impact of entrepreneurial bricolage on enterprise performance management using the BPNN-DEMATEL method and social network analysis","authors":"Xi Kang ,&nbsp;Saiyong Li ,&nbsp;Kanchaya Chaivirutnukul","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102883","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102883","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), intelligent methods have become increasingly important for optimizing enterprise development strategies. This study applies the Back Propagation Neural Network-Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (BPNN-DEMATEL) method and social network analysis to improve strategic decision-making for emerging enterprises. First, the BPNN-DEMATEL method is developed based on Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN) and the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL). Then, it is refined using insights from social network analysis. Finally, the model is evaluated to assess its effectiveness in analyzing performance management strategies. Results indicate that the BPNN-DEMATEL model improves calculation accuracy by approximately 23 %–47 % and reduces reaction time by 20 %–50 % compared to existing models. After optimization, integrating social network analysis further enhances accuracy, increasing it by 38 %–70 %. Additionally, the model effectively examines the impact of entrepreneurial bricolage on performance management, providing insights that support new venture development. These findings contribute to the optimization and practical application of AI in enterprise strategy, offering both technical and theoretical foundations for business growth in the digital era.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102883"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"TikTok as a communication and information tool for Spanish local councils","authors":"Alex Iván Arévalo-Salinas ,&nbsp;Marcial García-López ,&nbsp;Álvaro Blanco-Morett ,&nbsp;Esther Simancas-González","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102885","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102885","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>TikTok is a fast-expanding video clip platform, currently ranked as the sixth most popular social networking site as to user numbers. Public administrations can use this platform to promote dialogue with the citizenry as regards transparency, accountability and territorial management. As this is a recent object of study, an exploratory analysis is performed here on the use to which Spanish local councils put TikTok, with an eye to exploring how they leverage it as a communication and information tool when attempting to promote interaction with their audiences. The study sample was created by running keyword searches on the platform. A content analysis was then performed on a corpus of 84 accounts and the 61 most viewed videos. Judging by the number of accounts created and videos posted during the study timeframe, Spanish local councils seldom use TikTok. Broadly speaking, neither do the videos created by them have a high impact, in view of the quantitative indicators, nor do they adopt policies aimed at encouraging citizen participation and generating a dialogue with the citizenry in different contexts, such as posing discussion questions or resorting to citizens as an information source.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102885"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143746454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digital entrepreneurial platform capability: Instrument development and validation, and its impact on entrepreneurial performance","authors":"Khalid Mady ,&nbsp;Imran Anwar ,&nbsp;Mohamed Aboelmaged ,&nbsp;Mohamed Ahmed Sulub","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102886","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102886","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Digital platforms have increasingly become pivotal tools in the entrepreneurial landscape. A significant body of literature on digital entrepreneurship has conceptualized the role of digital platforms in enabling entrepreneurial activities. However, despite this conceptual foundation, empirical evidence on how digital platforms enhance entrepreneurial performance remains limited, and there is no adequate instrument for measuring digital platform capabilities in the entrepreneurial context. Therefore, this paper has a twofold purpose: first, to develop and validate a multidimensional scale for measuring digital entrepreneurial platform capabilities from the entrepreneurs' perspective; and second, to assess the impact of these platforms on entrepreneurial performance. Using a psychometric approach to scale development, this research develops and validates a 23-item, four-dimensional scale for measuring the capabilities of digital platforms. The nomological validity of the developed instrument is then evaluated by examining the direct link between digital entrepreneurial platform capabilities and entrepreneurial performance. These findings contribute to existing studies on digital entrepreneurship by developing a comprehensive measure of platform capabilities and offering entrepreneurs practical strategies for leveraging digital platforms to optimize performance in the digital entrepreneurship ecosystem.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102886"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143714610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How does digital transformation enhance enterprise technological innovation? Evidence from Chinese manufacturing listed companies","authors":"Bingbing Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102884","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102884","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Using the data of listed companies in the Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share manufacturing industry from 2013 to 2020, this paper empirically tests the effect and mechanism of digital transformation (DT) on enterprise technological innovation (ETI). The results show that DT can significantly promote ETI, and there is an inverted-U relationship between DT and ETI. DT can improve the ETI through the demand scale effect, collaborative innovation effect, and knowledge spillover effect. And the above effects explain the inverted-U relationship between DT and ETI. This paper further explores the role of digital infrastructure (DI) and finds that DI can enhance the facilitating role of DT and ETI. Moreover, demand scale effect and collaborative innovation effect work only at high-level DI regions. This article provides enlightenment for promoting enterprise DT and ETI.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102884"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143680186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Shaping sustainable futures in BRICS-T economies: The role of digitalization with moderating effects of green technology innovation and financial inclusion","authors":"Tayyaba Rani ,&nbsp;Feng Wang ,&nbsp;Syed Aziz Ur Rehman ,&nbsp;Muhammad Asif Amjad","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102879","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102879","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Every country struggles to maintain a balance between environmental sustainability and economic prosperity. Rapid industrialization and urbanization have exacerbated ecological degradation, making innovative approaches essential for sustainable development. Although digitalization and green innovation potentially improve ecological outcomes, their impact on BRICS-T countries must be explored. This study addresses this gap by analyzing how digitalization, green technology innovation, and financial inclusion relate to environmental degradation in BRICS-T nations by employing advanced econometric techniques such as the Non-linear KSS Unit Root Test, Method of Moment Quantile Regression (MMQR). The study's findings indicate that digitalization, mainly through data centers and networks, demands substantial energy, primarily from fossil fuel sources, leading to increased emissions. However, green innovation consistently reduces emissions across all quantiles. Increased financial inclusion is associated with higher emissions, particularly at lower and middle quantiles. The interaction between digitalization and green innovation results in a reduction of emissions across all quantiles. Conversely, the combined effect of financial inclusion and digitalization leads to higher emissions, especially in BRICS-T economies. These insights are crucial for BRICS-T nations as they seek to achieve sustainable development goals through technological advancements.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"82 ","pages":"Article 102879"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143680185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}