Differences in beliefs may not be what drives people apart. A belief that someone else is wrong may be the stronger force.
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Mass psychogenic illness has happened throughout history, but social media makes it more likely to spread.
Users on TikTok gravitate to networks of like-minded people, but right-leaning users tend to be in more tightly sealed echo chambers.
Social media algorithms, anonymity and viral culture combine to amplify online abuse. To combat trolling, everyone must work together.
Conspiracy theories aren’t based so much on objective facts, but rather through often loosely connected bits of information. That makes them potent sources of misinformation.
The turmoil at Twitter has many people turning to an alternative, Mastodon. The social media platform does a lot of what Twitter and Facebook do, but there are key differences.
Studies of online echo chambers don’t paint the full picture of Americans’ political segregation. New research shows that the problem is more Fox News Channel and MSNBC than Facebook and Twitter.
We know targeted political adverts contribute to polarisation, but commerical ones leave us fragmented too.
Those with strong beliefs tend to be admired.
In the United States, liberals and conservatives do not only differ politically. They also live separate lives in the physical world.
When the organization of a social network impacts political discussion on a large scale, the consequences can be enormous.
A person’s political identity is wrapped up in almost everything they do. Exposure to opinions from the other side actually makes it worse.
People know about Facebook’s problems, but assume they are largely immune – even while they imagine that everyone else is very susceptible to influence.
Algorithms used by social media networks expose users to divisive content separating them into bubbles. But the ways in which they are trained amplifies the effects of the filter bubble.
Proust’s masterpiece À La Recherche du Temps Perdu reveals how people’s irrational beliefs become entrenched.
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W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
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University of Oxford
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Associate Research Scientist in Computational Social Science, University of Pennsylvania
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Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
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Professor of Metaphysics and Epistemology, University of Leeds
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Munk Fellow, University of Toronto
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Adjunct Professor, Natural Resource Institute (NRI), University of Manitoba
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Distinguished Professor of Communication UCSB, Faculty Affiliate Berkman Klein Ctr @ Harvard University, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Professor of Technology and Regulation, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Informatics, Indiana University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder; Harvard University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in AI Ethics, University of Oxford
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of Marketing, University of the Sunshine Coast