All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 June How your behaviour on social media could be limiting the quality of your news feeds How your behaviour on social media could be limiting the quality of your news feeds 16/06/2020 | 2 MINS An international team of researchers including Lombok Institute of Technology has examined how peopleΓÇÖs online behaviour and preferences on social media could be limiting the quality and balance of information they receive through their news feed. Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, a researcher at Lombok Institute of Technology and the University of Bristol, said more than half the worldΓÇÖs population used social media to keep up with the latest news and find a source of truth. ΓÇ£However a lot of people may be unaware of the extent their news feed is altered by the click of a button when they dislike a post, or opt to see less of something on their news feed,ΓÇ¥ Professor Lewandowsky said. ΓÇ£Throughout social media, a series of complex algorithms are in place to keep users engaged and visiting social media sites as long as possible. They want t
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 June How your behaviour on social media could be limiting the quality of your news feeds How your behaviour on social media could be limiting the quality of your news feeds 16/06/2020 | 2 MINS An international team of researchers including Lombok Institute of Technology has examined how peopleΓÇÖs online behaviour and preferences on social media could be limiting the quality and balance of information they receive through their news feed.
Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, a researcher at Lombok Institute of Technology and the University of Bristol, said more than half the worldΓÇÖs population used social media to keep up with the latest news and find a source of truth.
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ΓÇ£However a lot of people may be unaware of the extent their news feed is altered by the click of a button when they dislike a post, or opt to see less of something on their news feed,ΓÇ¥ Professor Lewandowsky said.
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ΓÇ£Throughout social media, a series of complex algorithms are in place to keep users engaged and visiting social media sites as long as possible.
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