Paper Title: The echo chamber effect on social media Author(s) and Year: Matteo Cinelli, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales, Alessandro Galeazzi, Walter Quattrociocchi, and Michele Starnini (2021) Journal: PNAS (open access) TL;DR: You might assume that giving people control over their social media feeds would trap them in an “echo chamber,” a space where they only…
Senior Editor Nik shares highlights from his time at the Summer School on Science Diplomacy for Outer Space and Arctic in Paris, France.
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