Category: Echo Chambers

• Short explainer – What is the personalization of politics? What are the negatives and positives?

  

  Politics increasingly centres on personalities, not policy. The upsides and downsides of personalised politics.

  Tristan Hotham

  December 18, 2022

  Echo Chambers, Fake News, Filter Bubbles, Personalisation of Politics, Politics, Social Media

  accountability, ballot box, beliefs, branding, cult of personality, diversity, electoral process, engagement, governance, issues, marketing, media, negatives, personality, Personalization of Politics, policies, policy discussions, policy expertise, political candidates, positives, societal norms, superficial matters, values, voters

• Short explainer – Do echo chambers (filter bubbles) exist on social media?

  

  Do echo chambers and filter bubbles really exist on social media? What the evidence says about personalisation and polarisation.

  Tristan Hotham

  December 18, 2022

  Echo Chambers, Filter Bubbles, Politics, Short Explainer, Social Media

  algorithmic bias, data privacy, echo chamber effects, Echo Chambers, Filter Bubbles, groupthink, information diversity, Instagram), internet bubbles, news consumption, online communities, personalization algorithms, political polarization, public discourse, social media influence, social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, twitter, user behavior