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Falsk information på webben: Med fokus på ideologisk polarisering som underliggande orsak
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Faculty of Computing, Department of Technology and Aesthetics.
2018 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

Detta kandidatarbete fokuserar på ideologisk polarisering som orsak till den stora mängden falsk information som har spridits den senaste tiden. Jag undersöker hur selektiv exponering och filterbubblor har bidragit till att den ideologiska polariseringen har följt med in på webben, och hur nyhetsfeed har agerat som en grogrund för detta. I ett försök till att minska den ideologiska polariseringen i nyhetsfeed skapade jag en webbapplikation i form av ett nyhetsfeed med nyhetsartiklar som med hjälp av algoritmer låter användaren se utanför sin filterbubbla för att balansera nyhetsfeedet mellan flera olika nyhetskällor.

Abstract [en]

This bachelor thesis focuses on ideological polarization as cause for the vast amount of false information that have been spread lately. I examine how selective exposure and filter bubbles have contributed to the ideological polarization that followed into the web, and how newsfeed have been acting as a breeding ground for this. In an attempt to reduce the ideological polarization in newsfeed I created a web application in the form of a newsfeed with news articles, that with the help of algorithms let the user see beyond its filter bubble to balance the newsfeed between different news sources.

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2018. , p. 37
Keywords [en]
False information, ideological polarization, selective exposure, filter bubble, newsfeed
Keywords [sv]
Falsk information, ideologisk polarisering, selektiv exponering, filterbubbla, nyhetsfeed
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Media and Communication Technology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:bth-16948OAI: oai:DiVA.org:bth-16948DiVA, id: diva2:1244226
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ME1588 Kandidatarbete i Medieteknik, 30 hp
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MEGWU Webb Development
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Available from: 2018-09-03 Created: 2018-08-31 Last updated: 2018-09-03Bibliographically approved

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