The question to ask with any media-is-an-echo-chamber study is: compared to what? Is it more or less echo chamber-y than what we had before?
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@zeynep exactly, only I think the Internet is like a city, not suburbs. so filters are like neighborhoods that provide pockets of agreement. -
@stevenbjohnson Homophily & polarization are two sides of same coin... You cluster with-like minded and then you polarize against out-group. - Show replies
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