@inbook{f808df68c42c416e962051161ee1c9ec,
title = "Digital Well-Being and Manipulation Online",
abstract = "Social media use is soaring globally. Existing research of its ethical implications predominantly focuses on the relationships amongst human users online, and their effects. The nature of the software-to-human relationship and its impact on digital well-being, however, has not been sufficiently addressed yet. This paper aims to close the gap. I argue that some intelligent software agents, such as newsfeed curator algorithms in social media, manipulate human users because they do not intend their means of influence to reveal the user{\textquoteright}s reasons. I support this claim by defending a novel account of manipulation and by showing that some intelligent software agents are manipulative in this sense. Apart from revealing a priori reason for thinking that some intelligent software agents are manipulative, the paper offers a framework for further empirical investigation of manipulation online.",
keywords = "Digital ethics, Digital well-being, Intelligent software agents, Manipulation, Persuasive technology",
author = "M.B.O.T. Klenk",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-50585-1_4",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-030-50584-4",
series = "Philosophical Studies Series",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "81--100",
editor = "Christopher Burr and { Floridi}, Luciano",
booktitle = "Ethics of Digital Well-being",
}