4. The Social Media Prism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface to the 2022 Paperback Edition ix
4. 1. The Legend of the Echo Chamber 1
5. 2. Why Not Break Our Echo Chambers? 12
6. 3. What Happens When We Break Them? 26
7. 4. The Social Media Prism 41
8. 5. How the Prism Drives Extremism 54
9. 6. How the Prism Mutes Moderates 68
10. 7. Should I Delete My Account? 84
11. 8. Hacking the Prism 99
12. 9. A Better Social Media 116
13. Appendix: Research Methods 133
14. Acknowledgments 159
15. Notes 165
16. Bibliography 195
17. Index 225