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Understanding and Measuring Hype Around Emergent Technologies

28 Feb 2024

Inaccurate or excessive hype surrounding emerging technologies can have several negative effects. Appropriate policy can help manage this issue, but current methods for measuring technology hype are insufficient for developing policies to manage it. The authors of this paper describe an approach to analyzing technology hype.
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Authors

Chowdhury, Swaptik, Marler, Timothy

Division
RAND Global and Emerging Risks
Pages
6
Published in
United States
RAND Identifier
PE-A3137-1
RAND Type
commentary
Rights
RAND Corporation
Series
Expert Insights
Source
https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PEA3137-1.html