Everything about Algorithmic radicalization
Radicalization via social media algorithms
Algorithmic radicalization is the concept that recommender algorithms on popular social media sites, such as YouTube and Facebook, drive users toward progressively more extreme content over time, leading to the development of radicalized extremist political views. Algorithms track user interactions, such as likes, dislikes, and watch time, to generate a continuous stream of content intended to maximize engagement. Echo chamber channels have been described as contributing to increased polarization largely through reinforcing media preferences and validating existing beliefs, though this effect is often discussed in general commentary rather than established through rigorous empirical research. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Algorithmic radicalizationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Truck Fudeau: Algorithms, Conspiracy and RadicalizationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Is the universe a hologram?The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Algorithmic extremism: Examining YouTube's rabbit hole of radicalizationCited 90 times
- Go sideways: Far-right usage of the internetA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Alt-right pipelineA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Algorithmic extremism: Examining YouTube's rabbit hole of radicalization
The Sonic Architecture of Nationalism: H-Pop, Algorithmic Radicalization and the Normalization of Islamophobia in Digital India
Artificial intelligence and online political radicalization: State of the art on algorithmic bias, group dynamics and generative AI
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Is the universe a hologram?Adolfo Plasencia, Tim O'Reilly · 2017
Fighting terror in cyberspaceMark Last · 2005
GlaucomaCarlo Nucci · 2008
Ontohackers : Radical Movement Philosophy in the Age of Extinctions and Algorithms, Part IJaime del Val · 2024- 📕Digital Is Destroying EverythingAndrew V. Edwards · 2015
The Internet ConCory Doctorow · 2023
Seven AI Laws The Future of MankindAdv Prashant Mali · 2026
Williams gynecologyJohn O. Schorge, John O Schorge · 2008
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