Yes, Echo-Chambers Mislead You Too: A Game-Based Educational Experience to Reveal the Impact of Social Media Personalization Algorithms

Lomonaco, Francesco; Taibi, Davide; Trianni, Vito; Buršić, Sathya; Donabauer, Gregor; Ognibene, Dimitri

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-29800-4_26

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“…A specific game based educational activity allowed students to directly experience and grow aware of the effects that phenomena like echo chambers and filter bubbles can have on their perception of the world and their decisions. This is particularly important as these phenomena are usually almost imperceptible for the users [48]. Further empirical works are reported by [40].…”

Section: Transfer Of the Virtual Learning Companion Into Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Educational Interventions in Facing Social Media Threats: Overarching Principles of the COURAGE Project

Taibi

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Hoppe

et al. 2023

Communications in Computer and Information Science

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Social media are offering new opportunities for communication and interaction way beyond what was possible only a few years ago. However, social media are also virtual spaces where young people are exposed to a variety of threats. Digital addiction, discrimination, hate speech, misinformation, polarization as well as manipulative influences of algorithms, body stereotyping, and cyberbullying are examples of challenges that find fertile ground on social media. Educators and students are not adequately prepared to face these challenges. To this aim, the COURAGE project, presented in this paper, introduces new tools and learning methodologies that can be adopted within higher education learning paths to train educators to deal with social media threats. The overarching principles of the COURAGE project leverage the most recent advances in the fields of artificial intelligence and in the educational domain paired with social and media psychological insights to support the development of the COURAGE ecosystem. The results of the experiments currently implemented with teachers and students of secondary schools as well as the impact of the COURAGE project on societal changes and ethical questions are presented and discussed.

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Section: Transfer Of the Virtual Learning Companion Into Practicementioning

confidence: 99%