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In the realm of human expression and discourse, words hold immense power. Information with little to no evidentiary support, proof of data or scientific backing can uproot the grounds of civil debate and even personal relationships. In a world where, with a few swipes of your thumbs, you can safely cyber-nest in the echo chamber […]
The Social Media Archive at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research has released data focusing on the impact of Facebook and Instagram on key political attitudes during the U.S. 2020 elections.
Algorithms used by social media companies may not be as polarising to society as previously thought, according to a study published in Nature. Researchers found exposure to content from "like-minded" sources did not change users' political beliefs or attitudes during the 2020 US presidential election.
Algorithms controlling a social media user's feed, while largely opaque, may not be polarising the society in the same ways as the public tends to think, social scientists say.
New research published Thursday provides an unprecedented look at political behavior on Facebook and Instagram, two major online platforms where people express and discuss their political views. Four Science and Nature papers by an interdisciplinary team of researchers and Meta internal groups examined behavior on both platforms around the 2020 U.S. election. The 2020 Facebook …