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Lesson 2: What are cognitive biases and how does social media take advantage of them?

Reflection activity: Social conformity and confirmation biases on social media

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Consider the psychology underlying the design of social media

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How do you see social conformity bias and confirmation bias show up in social media?

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David Varguez-Nava
Posted 4 months ago. Direct link to David Varguez-Nava's post “I see social conformity b...”
I see social conformity bias and confirmation bias shows up in social media in things like reviews because once a lot of people start saying a piece of media is good or bad, then a lot of people start hopping on the bandwagon and repeat the same things they hear. Most of the time, people who do this don't even consider what they felt about that piece of media or even watched it, they just wanna be part of the group. In addition, if someone dares to say something that goes against what this cult of people say, they will get hated on and get attacked online. This stuff can also branch out into more serious things like politics and drama.
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i am lightspeed
Posted 5 months ago. Direct link to i am lightspeed's post “blaming another entity or...”
blaming another entity or country or group of people for failures of society by n large and thinking their own ways of workings are right when they're really not.
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- Rock
  Posted 13 days ago. Direct link to Rock's post “Well said! In addition, y...”
  Well said! In addition, you often see people blaming society, their country or something along those lines for their own failures. You really see this everywhere. It’s made most evidence through DEI.
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angela.budaotan
Posted 7 months ago. Direct link to angela.budaotan's post “A lot of news that show u...”
A lot of news that show up have shocking content on them
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xibani
Posted 5 months ago. Direct link to xibani's post “Every media outlet has it...”
Every media outlet has its own agenda and propaganda, they focus only on news and information that supports and interpretations that reinforces their extreme views on topics, you can see this clearly on both the left and the right.
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Jared Galltan Mendoza
Posted 4 months ago. Direct link to Jared Galltan Mendoza's post “How I see social conformi...”
How I see social conformity bias and conformation bias show up in social media is that I see it through polls there would be polls that would have no vote count for each option so people would just pick the right one and maybe a few people will pick some other things but when you can see the votes the majority will go to the one who everyone voted for.
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Na KiyaB
Posted 3 months ago. Direct link to Na KiyaB's post “Believing women are weak ...”
Believing women are weak because they are smaller than men.The maybe true statement but a women had to birth that man.
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jlblackmon7160
Posted 6 months ago. Direct link to jlblackmon7160's post “A lot of news that show u...”
A lot of news that show up have shocking content on them
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