BTW I don't use "elite" to mean educated or cultural celebrities. I mean: finance (old) + tech (new) and—separately—pundit/political class.
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Twitter OTOH was key to the echo chambers that fuel extremism and fool punditry—but also the internal bickering that paralyzes movements.
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the odd part is that both total unemployment, numbers for middle aged white men, is at historic lows. And these are good jobs
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2016 was a close election where filter bubbles & algorithmic funneling was weaponized for spreading misinformation. http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/11/the-forces-that-drove-this-elections-media-failure-are-likely-to-get-worse/ …pic.twitter.com/cbgrj1TqFb
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Had many threads last year, but keep coming back to this one from last April. This. is. not. a. historical. anomaly. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/725378841091428352 …pic.twitter.com/GUF3gHnw1Z
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imhoalgorithms are plural like powers.. but truly we need more analyses of informational "ecosystems" guiding our prcption & choices
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btw one projct i know researching that: algodiv at cnrs + thx for your putting this up front (as u been dg for years if i rmbr well)
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Hi, do you know of research/ data that would show link between media habits & political views? Seems like FB mattered a lot but how?
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I'd also be keen for data on how seeing fake news/conspiracy stories on FB changes users' views/votes.
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Are we still going with algorithm and not automaton? It's the automaton that is obeying the algorithm.
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good thing no one close to Fb was a prominent funder of any of the campaigns!
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