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Week 13: Technology and networks
Content for the week of Monday, April 13, 2026
Tuesday
Assignment Due:
Readings:
- Pariser, E. Beware Online Filter Bubbles TED talk
- Fletcher, R. The truth behind filter bubbles: Bursting some myths.
- Bail, C. Should we break our echo chambers?
- Cohen, M. Context Collapse
- Chris Bail, et al. (2018). Exposure to opposing views on social media can increase political polarization. PNAS.
- (Optional) Kleinberg, J. (2012). The Convergence of Social and Technological Networks. In M. Agrawal, S. B. Cooper, & A. Li (Eds.), Theory and Applications of Models of Computation.
Lecture Video:
[19:38]- Slides
Thursday
- In class exam!