Is Personalization in Our Media Consumption Polarizing Us?

Professor Allison Chaney discusses how algorithmic recommendations impact our perceptions of the world

 

September 1, 2020
Marketing

Algorithmic recommendations can impact our awareness of the world and often cause ideological polarization. Professor Allison Chaney discusses how daily news feeds and the algorithms controlling them contribute to ideological divergence — and what can be done about it.

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