This week I wrap up my free inquiry research by going back to my free inquiry question: How do algorithmic recommendation systems on social media platforms influence public discourse, and are they more likely to amplify misinformation than substantive or accurate content? After the last weeks of research, I feel as though I have a…
This week, I shifted my focus from why misinformation spread to the bigger question of how this actually affects and shapes public discourse, meaning the shared conversations and debates regarding an event or topic. I realized this week that when platforms amplify certain types of content, they indirectly shape what the āpublic conversationā is. One…
For this blog post research, I focused on the part of my inquiry question that asks why misinformation spreads more quickly than accurate content and how this affects public discourse. Before looking into this I had the idea that the explanation was more about how people choose to post false information and people being gullible…
For this blog post research, I focused on understanding how social media algorithms actually work. You canāt look into the ways misinformation spreads without looking about algorithms and what is going on behind the scenes to perpetuate it. I expected algorithms to be more complicated or technical, but the more I researched the more I…
For my free inquiry project, I chose a topic that I feel is extremely relevant especially for people my age: āHow do algorithmic recommendation systems on social media platforms influence public discourse, and are they more likely to amplify misinformation than substantive or accurate content?ā Most people have been a victim of misinformation on social…