Breaking the Social Media Prism : : How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing / / Chris Bail.
A revealing look at how user behavior is powering deep social divisions online—and how we might yet defeat political tribalism on social mediaIn an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other. We use soci...
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