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Social Media Algorithms and Social Movements: The Impact of Information Bubbles and Disinformation on Public Discourse.
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21251915@student.curtin.edu.au
Thesis statement: The social media platform Twitter has played a key role in driving the global spread of social movements, enabling different regions and groups to access information and organize action quickly. However, these platforms’ algorithmic recommendation mechanisms and user-customized information flows simultaneously exacerbate the spread of filter bubbles and misinformation, exposing users to content…
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Social Media’s Role in the “Women, Life, Freedom” Protests
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Mavis
Abstract This paper looks at how social media helped drive social change during the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement in Iran after Mahsa Amini’s death. When news of her death spread, platforms like Instagram, X (Twitter), and TikTok gave people a way to share their voices, show what was happening, and reach the world. This study aims to…
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Social Media Affordances: Donald Trump, Politics and Social Change
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John Lim
Abstract By first establishing a cynical political climate, this paper highlights how Donald Trump was able to secure votes from the growing disgruntled alt-right public. This paper also utilizes successful movement from Tahrir Square and MyBarackObama to showcase social media’s power to mobilize publics for social change. The analysis show that attention commodity and decentralized…
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Hi Shannon Kate, You’re right to ask; it is incredibly difficult to police these issues today. Predatory behaviour isn’t exclusive…