Document Type : Viewpoint
Authors
1 Health Law Institute, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
2 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Introduction
As the world moves increasingly online, media and technology companies’ power to influence grows exponentially. So too does the power of companies that can effectively navigate and manipulate the structures governing internet activity. Learning how media elements like sponsored ads in Google search results can be manipulated for commercial gains and power of influence is valuable to understanding how health science information circulates online and what impacts result from such activity. ...(Read more...)