GM currently runs several official social media accounts, but it looks like these feeds have closed the loop to create a cohesive network of self-applause.
Echo chambers create blind spots. They emphasize what we want to hear, not what we need to hear. They boost our confidence ...
Men looking at their mobile phones as they sit in a popular shopping area in Beijing on Nov. 8, 2024. Chinese censors are the latest group to fret over social media’s propensity to give users only ...
An abortion rights advocate argues with an anti-abortion demonstrator outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the court announced its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2022 ...
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned a "social media echo chamber" and "right-wing media machine" that are byproducts of widespread loneliness are threatening democracy in America, saying ...
In the middle of the 20th century, philosopher-in-exile Hannah Arendt identified loneliness as a key factor in the ideologies that brought about so much of the time’s devastation. Now, in the 21st ...
In an era of hyper-connectivity, it’s easy for individuals to remain in echo chambers—environments where their beliefs are continually reinforced while alternative perspectives are ignored. This ...
Chinese censors are the latest group to fret over social media’s propensity to give users only what they want to read. On Sunday, the Cyberspace Administration of China, the country’s top internet ...