1. What is the main effect of personalization algorithms on social media?
2. Nikola is passionate about sports cars and regularly watches videos on this topic. Gradually, his news feed shows him almost exclusively automotive content, and he hardly sees any news on other topics anymore. What phenomenon explains this?
3. What term describes the fear of missing important information due to the abundance of news?
4. What risks can arise from filter bubbles?
5. What is information overload?
6. Nadya mainly follows accounts and pages that share alternative theories about medicine. She often clicks on these posts and comments on them. Soon, her news feed is filled with posts questioning vaccines and traditional medicine. What mechanism does this situation illustrate?
7. How does information overload affect our ability to understand the news?
8. Social media algorithms are used to...
9. During an election period, you notice a significant increase in political messages on social media, some of which come from suspicious accounts that are massively sharing similar content. What phenomenon is likely at work here?
10. Which of the following effects is directly associated with information overload?