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Conversations with Tyler

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The Role of Facebook and Twitter in Confirmation Bias

I think the way people consume media is important and has probably fairly large effects on our politics. A reason to be optimistic as a fan of democracy is that you are seeing voice given to quirkier ideologies such as socialism nationalism Marxism. I kind of believe in the notion of a filter bubble where people kind of surround themselves where they're getting like information and not confronting themselves with unpleasant facts necessarily. We have four minutes left next question. Mike Bliley: Do you see yourself playing into this site guys where you could carry some weight in say this election? Richard Gahran: At the very least, we promise at the very most self awareness that the events are covered by the press can affect

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