Cindy Elgan has overseen elections in rural Nevada without incident for 20 years, but now even her neighbors wonder if she’s part of “the deep state cabal.”
Social media is a medium for conformation bias, and arguably to blame for much of our extreme political polarization. The algorithms are designed to maintain engagement by sending you posts that are similar to the ones you spend the most time viewing. Your feed will inevitably paint a skewed picture of the world, and group you with other like-minded people commenting on the same narrative.
Social media is a medium for conformation bias, and arguably to blame for much of our extreme political polarization. The algorithms are designed to maintain engagement by sending you posts that are similar to the ones you spend the most time viewing. Your feed will inevitably paint a skewed picture of the world, and group you with other like-minded people commenting on the same narrative.