Are we only seeing the kind of news we want to see on social media? What effects do personalized algorithms have on our perception of news quality? Do algorithms help us serendipitously encounter information that we didn’t expect? These are the questions researchers are now asking as AI and algorithms infiltrate the information environments we turn to for political news. Are we only seeing the kind of news we want to see on social media? What effects do personalized algorithms have on our perception of news quality? Do algorithms help us serendipitously encounter information that we didn’t expect? These are the questions researchers are now asking as AI and algorithms infiltrate the information environments we turn to for political news. Social Sciences Political science Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
Balancing quantity and quality: How X/Twitter’s algorithm influences our consumption of news
