Another new study indicates algorithms aren't driving polarization. The evidence is preliminary, but part of a growing trend of studies that don't find evidence of the much fabled extremist rabbit hole.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563220303733 …
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I agree on data access, but would also point out that most of the evidence in support of the algorithmic hypothesis is highly anecdotal and non-causal. The best analysis I've yet seen is
@BrendanNyhan's recent work w/web tracking data that also finds little support in my reading. -
And-- though also not the experimental evidence you and I might like see-- I think Kevin Munger's observational analysis of YouTube also finds little evidence:https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1940161220964767 …
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