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The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World.

The article reviews "The Chaos Machine" by Max Fisher, which argues that social media algorithms intentionally promote extreme viewpoints to maximize user engagement and advertising revenue. Fisher asserts that this practice has contributed to increased partisanship and intolerance globally, linking...

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Published in:Innovation Journal Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 1 - 5
Main Author: Glor, Eleanor D.
Format: Article
Published: Innovation Journal 2025
Subjects:
Facebook (Web resource)
Social media
Polarization (Social sciences)
Partisanship
Fanaticism
Social unrest
Responsibility
Algorithms
Advertising revenue
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