In 2004, we spoke with law professor Cass Sunstein about the echo chamber effect, the phenomenon by which the explosion of information streams allows us to cherry-pick our media diet so we encounter only news that reinforces our worldview (while evading facts and opinions that contradict it). And so, seven years later are we on a path to ever more intellectual isolation? Eli Pariser, Lee Rainie, Clay Shirky, Joseph Turow and Ethan Zuckerman weigh in.
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Phone Calls in the Age of the Text Message, A New Speech Law in Libya, and More
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The U.S. 'Secret' War in Cambodia
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Revenge Porn's Latest Frontier
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More Misleading Unemployment Numbers Quoted By the Media
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"Author" of 'Naked Came The Stranger' Dies
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Obama's Historic Statement, the False Statistic on "Boomerang" Kids, and More
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Hitler's Copyright Fight
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Reporting on Taboo Topics in Liberia
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What's the Harm in Hate Speech?
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When Freedom of the Press is Not a Priority
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where are the transcripts???
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