Social media echo chambers offer “limited tunnel vision of reality”

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Sky News published this video, with the title “Social media echo chambers offer “limited tunnel vision of reality” below is their description:

There’s a warning that how we act on social media may be causing many of us to have tunnel vision when it comes to our views on politics.

Researchers studied algorithms to explain our behaviour online and found that lots of us will only engage with people who share the same political views.

They call it an echo chamber. Our Technology Correspondent Tom Cheshire reports.

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