Filter bubbles, echo chambers, and online news consumption

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 80, Issue Specialissue1, 2016, Pages 298-320

  Flaxman, Seth ^a   Goel, Sharad ^b   Rao, Justin M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 85007129557     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfw006     Document Type: Article

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