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89. Facebook scores your politics with a number. Brendan Nyhan figured out what they do with it. (Part 1 of 2)

Reimagining the Internet

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Analyzing Facebook's Echo Chamber Effect and Ideology Scores

This chapter discusses a study conducted on Facebook's echo chamber effect, analyzing people's information diet on the platform and conducting an experiment to reduce exposure to like-minded sources. The speaker also explores Facebook's ideology score and its prediction of political leanings.

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