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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday May 28 2015, @03:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the hello-hello-hello dept.

Oft times we see accusations of "group think" here on SoylentNews. Now there is some actual science on the formation and function of "echo chambers", as reported by SESYNC:

A new study from researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) and the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) demonstrates that the highly contentious debate on climate change is fueled in part by how information flows throughout policy networks.
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"Our research shows how the echo chamber can block progress toward a political resolution on climate change. Individuals who get their information from the same sources with the same perspective may be under the impression that theirs is the dominant perspective, regardless of what the science says," said Dr. Dana R. Fisher, a professor of sociology at UMD and corresponding author who led the research.

I would guess, based on this study abstract (actual paper unfortunately behind paywall), that SoylentNews is in no danger of becoming an echo chamber, but we seem to have some refugees who are still stuck in particular bubbles.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Thursday May 28 2015, @03:57AM

    by GungnirSniper (1671) on Thursday May 28 2015, @03:57AM (#188939) Journal

    And while we're picking on the volunteers who submit and edit these stories, let's also point out that SoylentNews is written together in the page title and in the upper left of every page, but not in the posted submission.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Placenta on Thursday May 28 2015, @04:05AM

    by Placenta (5264) on Thursday May 28 2015, @04:05AM (#188941)

    It doesn't matter if they're volunteers or not. Being a volunteer isn't an excuse for fucking up.

    The broken URL in the submission, and the inconsistent spelling of this site's name, are the kind of sloppiness that helped destroy Slashdot. That kind of sloppiness should not be tolerated here.

    • (Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Sunday May 31 2015, @01:09PM

      by Yog-Yogguth (1862) Subscriber Badge on Sunday May 31 2015, @01:09PM (#190392) Journal

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