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Focus Tag: Echo Chambers & Filter Bubbles
Out of the Echo Chamber | Gallup
by Jonathan Rothwell
April 8, 2020
Out of the Echo Chamber: Conversations on Trust, Media and Democracy examines the effects of media on democracy. Join Jonathan…
Even with the coronavirus, some Americans deeply distrust the experts. Will they take precautions? | The Washington Post
by Eric Merkley
March 19, 2020
Republican voters are still far more likely than Democrats to believe the coronavirus pandemic has been exaggerated, their skepticism egged on…
How social network sites and other online intermediaries increase exposure to news | PNAS
by Michael Scharkow, Frank Mangold, Sebastian Stier, and Johannes Breuer
February 11, 2020
Research has prominently assumed that social media and web portals that aggregate news restrict the diversity of content that users…
Fox News Internal Document Bashes John Solomon, Joe diGenova, and Rudy Giuliani for Spreading ‘Disinformation’ | The Daily Beast
by Will Sommer, Maxwell Tani, and Andrew Kirell
February 7, 2020
Fox News’ own research team has warned colleagues not to trust some of the network’s top commentators’ claims about Ukraine.…
The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President | The Atlantic
by McKay Coppins
February 7, 2020
One day last fall, I sat down to create a new Facebook account. I picked a forgettable name, snapped a…
Watch: Prepping the press on disinformation efforts in 2020 | Columbia Journalism Review
by The Editors, CJR
December 10, 2019
Next year’s presidential election will challenge journalists, technology platforms, and researchers with an unprecedented wave of disinformation. Is the press…
Contexts of Misinformation
October 22, 2019
Version 1.1 updated with key points. Key Points: The concepts of "echo chambers" and "filter bubbles" reflect concerns that online…
Replatforming Unreality | Journal of Design and Science
by Julie Ebner
September 10, 2019
Beyond the familiar Twitter debates, Facebook invitations and Instagram selfies, an entirely new digital universe has emerged. Extremists have built…
Here’s what happens when political bubbles collide | The Conversation
by Alexander J. Stewart & Joshua B. Plotkin
September 5, 2019
Social media has transformed how people talk to each other. But social media platforms are not shaping up to be…