Volume III · Managed Decline
The Perception Proxy
Research preview · manuscript under review
Studies how deindustrialization and economic insecurity can be reframed through platform media as identity conflict and monetized political attention.
Research programme: Siddhartha Harsh Wardhan · Preview updated
The research question
When does media attention translate economic insecurity into symbolic or identity conflict?
How it connects to Volume III
Examines the proposed connection between material displacement, attention incentives and public explanations of hardship. It connects the volume’s economic questions to the narratives people encounter.
Evidence and limits
Test audience selection, platform incentives and alternative causes with transparent methods. A proposed mechanism does not establish deliberate coordination, individual motives or a universal explanation of political disagreement.
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