A new study from Michigan State University revisits a familiar complaint about social media—that it traps users in echo chambers—and asks a more precise question: when does it reinforce those chambers, and when might it quietly prise them open? Scroll through Facebook, and the uniformity can seem uncanny. Political views, cultural tastes, and moral judgments often appear to repeat themselves, as if curated to reassure rather than challenge. The …
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