Social media content development needs to firmly establish safeguards from the dangers of misinformation. Like the latest parental controls on Instagram, levers are necessary to regulate the content.

How Social Media Fuels Polarization - 11/18/2024. The sophisticated algorithms that power our social media feeds have created information bubbles that fundamentally change how we process information.

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They say that social media companies should be aware of the possible impact they have on political polarization and attempt ...

Nearly 200 residents representing the voting breakdown of a swing state found common ground on hot-button issues.

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Don’t be too quick to blame social media for America’s polarization – cable news has a bigger effect Turns out that online news consumers are exposed to more opposing views, while TV news ...

What social media polarization means for leaders. People aren’t talking to each other anymore. Instead, they’re communicating in information echo chambers, interacting with people just like ...

A panel of federal and state judges at Relativity Fest 2024 discussed how social media has resulted in a spike in harassment and threats against judges and their families. They called on lawyers ...

Verified users on social media networks drive polarization and the formation of echo chambers. Cell Press. Journal iScience DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2024.111098. Keywords ...