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Information architectures: a framework for understanding socio-technical systems.

Paul E Smaldino, Adam Russell, Matthew R Zefferman, Judith Donath, Jacob G Foster, Douglas Guilbeault, Martin Hilbert, Elizabeth A Hobson, Kristina Lerman, Helena Miton and 6 more

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Article in Npj complexity, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Paul E SmaldinoDepartment of Cognitive and Information Sciences, University of California-Merced, Merced, CA USA.
Adam RussellInformation Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA.
Matthew R ZeffermanDepartment of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA USA.
Judith DonathBerkman Klein Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA USA.
Jacob G FosterSanta Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM USA.
Douglas GuilbeaultGraduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA.
Martin HilbertDepartment of Communication, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA USA.
Elizabeth A HobsonDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA.
Kristina LermanInformation Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA.
Helena MitonGraduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA.
Cody MoserDepartment of Cognitive and Information Sciences, University of California-Merced, Merced, CA USA.
Jana LasserIDea_Lab, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Sonja Schmer-GalunderDepartment of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA.
Jacob N ShapiroDepartment of Politics, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ USA.
Qiankun ZhongMax Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany.
Dan PattHudson Institute, Washington, DC USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A sequence of technological inventions over several centuries has dramatically lowered the cost of producing and distributing information. Because societies ride on a substrate of information, these changes have profoundly impacted how we live, work, and interact. This paper explores the nature of

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PMCPMC12006018

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