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Wired
Is TikTok’s Algorithm Unconsciously Biased?
Friday, March 6, 2020, By Hailey Womer
Whitney Phillips, an assistant professor of communication, culture and digital technologies, was quoted in a Wired story “Why is TikTok creating filter bubbles based on your race?” In the article, Phillips discusses how users tend to replicate the identity in…
Business Insider
Amazon and Hulu’s Algorithms Continue to Suggest Conspiracy Films
Saturday, February 9, 2019, By Sean Dorcellus
Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, and Michael Barkun, Professor Emeritus from the Maxwell School, were both quoted in the Business Insider story “Amazon and Hulu’s algorithms are recommending conspiracy theory films, and the consequences could be…