Curated Resource ( ? )
How The 2016 Election Blew Up In Facebook’s Face
Curated:
24/11/2016 from
www.buzzfeed.com/alexkantrowitz/2016-election-blew-up-in-facebooks-face?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email&utm_term=.ulB5Ld1kd
my notes ( ? )
As Facebook attempted to capture the fast-moving energy of the news cycle from Twitter... it built a petri dish for confirmation bias... Here’s how...
‘Share’ Button ... encouraging people to share quickly and without much thought... “original sharing,” where people post their own photos, text updates... was declining..., content from celebrities, political candidates, and news sites began to fill that void....
some of the least accurate pages registered some of the highest engagement... some of the top “news” stories from hoax sites generated more engagement than ... from non-hoax sites
Fake news and sensationalist news would be relatively ineffective without the existing worldview they confirm. But with ... distrust of “the system” held by millions of Americans, Facebook provided the accelerant
‘Share’ Button ... encouraging people to share quickly and without much thought... “original sharing,” where people post their own photos, text updates... was declining..., content from celebrities, political candidates, and news sites began to fill that void....
some of the least accurate pages registered some of the highest engagement... some of the top “news” stories from hoax sites generated more engagement than ... from non-hoax sites
Fake news and sensationalist news would be relatively ineffective without the existing worldview they confirm. But with ... distrust of “the system” held by millions of Americans, Facebook provided the accelerant
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