The Role of Technology in Social Media

Sally Kohn: I saw strident takes and all those different quadrants in this past election cycle. Why don't we start to break this open for the real learning lesson about what's going on behind the scenes? She says algorithms that, for example, of Facebook is using are slotted into these groups called echo chambers. Kohn: If you're being sorted by algorithm into a little echo chamber or something that's kind of like an echo chamber, that's not good for you because your horizons are limited.

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