RESEARCH: Some social media algorithms have the power to reduce political hostility.
A custom browser extension re-ranked polarizing political content on participants’ feeds. By the end, people with less exposure were warmer to political outgroups and vice versa!
A custom browser extension re-ranked polarizing political content on participants’ feeds. By the end, people with less exposure were warmer to political outgroups and vice versa!
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Tiziano Piccardi
New paper: Do social media algorithms shape affective polarization?
We ran a field experiment on X/Twitter (N=1,256) using LLMs to rerank content in real-time, adjusting exposure to polarizing posts. Result: Algorithmic ranking impacts feelings toward the political outgroup! 🧵⬇️
We ran a field experiment on X/Twitter (N=1,256) using LLMs to rerank content in real-time, adjusting exposure to polarizing posts. Result: Algorithmic ranking impacts feelings toward the political outgroup! 🧵⬇️
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