Platform Badges for Civic Communication. Addressing Distorted Attention Distribution Logics on Digital Platforms
Jan Rau, Jan-Ole Harfst, Tobias Mast | 2026
How can platforms address distortions in the digital attention economy without restricting free expression excessively? This blog post explores how new incentive structures can promote constructive communication on digital platforms and the potential of the Digital Services Act to facilitate such interventions.
Publications
- Date
- 14.01.2026
- Language
- English
- Publication Type
- Blog post
- Keywords
- Democracy (opens in new window), Extremism (opens in new window), Conflict (opens in new window), Media/communication (opens in new window), Networks/bubbles (opens in new window), Participation (opens in new window), Populism (opens in new window)
- Audience
- Stakeholders (politics and economy) (opens in new window), Media representatives (opens in new window), Political decision-makers (opens in new window), Scientists (opens in new window), Civil society multipliers (opens in new window)
- Sources
- Rau, Jan, Jan-Ole Harfst, and Tobias Mast. 2026. Platform Badges for Civic Communication: Addressing Distorted Attention Distribution Logics on Digital Platforms. In: Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (Media Research Blog). https://leibniz-hbi.de/en/platform-badges-for-civic-communication/.
- Open Access
- Available
- Additional Links
- To the publication (external link)
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