Lifestream, Pocket, Blue Feed, Red Feed

Graphics from ‘Blue Feed, Reed Feed’ by The Wall Street Journal

Excerpt:

Methodology What is this? Recent posts from sources where the majority of shared articles aligned “very liberal” (blue, on the left) and “very conservative” (red, on the right) in a large Facebook study.

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These graphics illustrating how facebook feeds can differ according to political preference show how algorithms can contribute to political polarisation. Connects with Eli Pariser’s notion of the filter bubble.