About this episode
This episode explores how the internet polarizes individuals by feeding them content that confirms their beliefs and emotions.
How does the internet work to polarize us on an individual level? As tech and media companies, battle for online engagement, they feed their users — they feed us — content that will grab attention, elicit emotion, and confirm existing beliefs. In a way, it traps everyone in their own bespoke bubble, often without our realizing it. After previous episodes analyzed the right-wing media ecosystem, Landslide: Engines of Outrage now turns to look outside of it, offering tools for all of us to diagnose our own information diets and fight back against the incentives of an internet built to polarize. Created and hosted by Ben Bradford. To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below: See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
People in this episode
Host: Ben Bradford
Topics covered
- internet polarization
- media engagement
- information diets
- right-wing media
- personal beliefs
Keywords
- internet
- polarization
- media
- engagement
- information diet
- beliefs
- bubbles
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NPR
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