Title: How Social Media Leads to Polarization: An Analysis Based on “The Social Dilemma” – GW Chronicle of the Yawp
Headings: How Social Media Leads to Polarization: An Analysis Based on “The Social Dilemma”
How Social Media Leads to Polarization: An Analysis Based on “The Social Dilemma”
Content: When showing even the slightest hint of interest, algorithms provide these viewers with more information regarding the theory in mind, increasing their attentivity to these thoughts and allowing them to believe there are many others following these theories as well. Their beliefs grow stronger as they see more and more figures who stand behind these ideas. The very roots of the concept of polarization stem from the differences between extreme beliefs. Social media plays an essential factor in driving more and more of society into building walls against those who do not share similar views, causing polarization where more and more divide against those who are not like themselves. Social media has begun its journey into slowly unweaving the fabrics that hold people as one, subtly destroying the acceptance between different rationalization methods and sewing together a society that behaves cold and unaccepting to those who are unique. Like this: Like Loading...
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