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Social Media Wasn't Built for Balanced News

News / August 21st, 2019 / By Henry A. Brechter

Let’s say you live right across the street from a takeout restaurant. Their prices are a bit higher than local competitors, and there are constant rumors of health code violations and mystery meat. But for the sake of speed and convenience, you usually eat there anyway. After all, you’ve...

Social Media, Balanced News, Media Bias, Twitter, Facebook, Pew Research Center

Social Media Summit Draws Praise, Criticism

Story of the Week / July 12th, 2019 / By Henry A. Brechter

The 'Social Media Summit' hosted by President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday made headlines throughout the country, prompting a wide variation of coverage and reactions. The summit hosted nearly 200 guests, many from conservative or right-leaning websites. Most outlets...

Story Of The Week, Social Media, Donald Trump, White House, Twitter

News Posts With Moral and Emotional Language Spread Quickly, But Deepen Polarization

News / January 7th, 2019 / By Billy Binion

Social media sites are chock full of political discussions, disagreements, and debates. That holds especially true for Twitter, the popularity of which stems from a user’s ability to distill news and opinion into 280-character digestible bites. A team at New York University found that...

Media Bias, Filter Bubbles, Polarization, Twitter, Technology, Social Media, News

Media Bias Fuels Political Violence in America. Can We Change?

Bias / November 1st, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

A string of violent incidents in October further illuminated political polarization in America, raising serious concerns about how media bias contributes to hateful division — and how we must change this to heal our divide. In just the last two weeks, multiple incidents of political...

Media Bias, Media Watch - Media Bias, Media Watch/Media Bias, Polarization, Political Polarization, Violence, Violence In America, Election, Technology, Social Media, Pittsburgh Shooting, Bomb Threat, Google Bias, Google

Tech Companies May Be Stifling Conservative Speech. Can They Change?

Bias / September 26th, 2018 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Differences in the way liberals and conservatives view appropriate speech affects what we see online — and can lead to silencing. The Department of Justice and state attorneys general met Tuesday to discuss whether social media companies are “intentionally stifling the free exchange of...

Bias, Media Bias, Bias Against Conservatives, Conservatives, Social Media, Technology Companies, Technology, Facebook, YouTube, Justice Department, Free Speech

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