We live in a world where it’s easier than ever to surround ourselves with people who think exactly like we do. Social media bubbles, corporate cultures and even leadership teams can all become echo ...

My earliest political memory takes me back to the not-so-fantastic eighth grade. It was a cold November morning in 2016, and I walked into my dimly lit school surrounded by the dejected, exhausted ...

The United States, now more than ever, is a nation plagued by rigid opinions and riddled with polarization. Fueled by a surplus of information and propaganda, including from social media and close ...

There has recently been a shift online from centralized platforms like X (formerly Twitter) to decentralized alternatives ...

Sadly, many of my younger friends have ended our friendships — even though, in their times of struggle, I was there to help them, regardless of their political views. Today, too many seem spellbound ...

WASHINGTON — The powerful algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram to deliver content to users have increasingly been blamed for amplifying misinformation and political polarization. But a series of ...

It is hard to imagine us surviving as a nation In its calculated chaos style, the current administration begins the New Year with a declaration of war (in a manner of speaking) against Venezuela, and ...

We’ve heard it all — X is turning into a right-wing echo chamber, Bluesky is a liberal bubble, and so on. But a glitch on Threads has turned these concerns into a reality: Everyone is saying the same ...

According to research by the Discourse & Society journal, echo chambers — specifically, the “hyperpartisans” who reside in them — are communities and spaces of like-minded people with similar values ...

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