April 27, 2022
Biased media coverage
Many people feel that media coverage is becoming increasingly biased today.
Why is this?
What can be done to fix this problem?
Media coverage industry has changed drastically in the past 20 years with the takeover of social media platforms and transition of power from government owned news channels to individual content creators. Intuitively we would expect more independent and unbiased coverage of news, but in reality major platforms like YouTube and Instagram are designed in a way that favors not the most unbiased opinion, but the most popular one. In my opinion, there are 2 main problems causing this.
First problem is targeted recommendations to the user based on the past history of browsing. Compared to switching channels on a TV and receiving different opinions on the matter, social media platforms will recommend the same channel or similar channels making users see only one point of view.
Second problem is winners bias. Again compared to watching TV or reading a magazine where you are forced to analyze information and come up with your own opinion, social media platforms allow to see the number of people who like or dislike the video and put most like comments on the top, which forces users to make fast conclusions without critically questioning the ideas and information presented to them.
To fix these problems developers and owners of social media platforms need to realize that they should not only focus on profits, but also recognize that transparency and unbiasedness are crucial. Fixing algorithms to stop recommending users the same material will encourage them to look for different points of view and removing ratings from each video will force users to assess quality of information themselves.
Biased media coverage
Many people feel that media coverage is becoming increasingly biased tohese days.
Why is this?
What can be done to fix this problem?
MThe media coverage industry has changed drastically in the past 20 years with the takeover of social media platforms and transition of power from government owned news channels to individual content creators.
Intuitively we would expect more independent and unbiased coverage of news, but in reality major platforms like YouTube and Instagram are designed in a way that favors not the most unbiased opinion, but the most popular one.
Consider "least biased" instead of "most unbiased".
In my opinion, there are 2 main problems causing this.
FThe girst problem is targeted recommendations to the user based on the past history of browsing.
Compared to switching channels on a TV and receiving different opinions on the matter, social media platforms will recommend the same channel or similar channels making users see only one point of view.
SThe second problem is winners bias.
Again compared to watching TV or reading a magazine where you are forced to analyze information and come up with your own opinion, social media platforms allow you to see the number of people who like or dislike the video and put most liked comments on the top, which forces users to make fast conclusions without critically questioning the ideas and information presented to them.
To fix these problems developers and owners of social media platforms need to realize that they should not only focus on profits, but also recognize that transparency and unbiasedness are crucial.
Fixing algorithms to stop recommending users the same material will encourage them to look for different points of view and removing ratings from each video will force users to assess quality of information themselves.
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Media coverage industry has changed drastically in the past 20 years with the takeover of social media platforms and transition of power from government owned news channels to individual content creators.
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Intuitively we would expect more independent and unbiased coverage of news, but in reality major platforms like YouTube and Instagram are designed in a way that favors not the most unbiased opinion, but the most popular one. Intuitively we would expect more independent and unbiased coverage of news, but in reality major platforms like YouTube and Instagram are designed in a way that favors not the most unbiased opinion, but the most popular one. Consider "least biased" instead of "most unbiased". |
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In my opinion, there are 2 main problems causing this. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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First problem is targeted recommendations to the user based on the past history of browsing.
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Compared to switching channels on a TV and receiving different opinions on the matter, social media platforms will recommend the same channel or similar channels making users see only one point of view. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Second problem is winners bias.
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Again compared to watching TV or reading a magazine where you are forced to analyze information and come up with your own opinion, social media platforms allow to see the number of people who like or dislike the video and put most like comments on the top, which forces users to make fast conclusions without critically questioning the ideas and information presented to them. Again compared to watching TV or reading a magazine where you are forced to analyze information and come up with your own opinion, social media platforms allow you to see the number of people who like or dislike the video and put most liked comments on the top, which forces users to make fast conclusions without critically questioning the ideas and information presented to them. |
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To fix these problems developers and owners of social media platforms need to realize that they should not only focus on profits, but also recognize that transparency and unbiasedness are crucial. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Fixing algorithms to stop recommending users the same material will encourage them to look for different points of view and removing ratings from each video will force users to assess quality of information themselves. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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