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#polarization

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Diverse Social Identities Can Protect Against Misinformation | #Psychology Today Canada psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/mi “If a lack of #networkdiversity increases biases, can greater #ideologicaldiversity reduce them? There is evidence that suggests it can. Research shows that people with more ideologically diverse networks tend to have less polarized beliefs, and meaningful discussions across differences can reduce #polarization. (1/3)

Psychology TodayDiverse Social Identities Can Protect Against MisinformationWhy are some people more resistant to misinformation? Complexity in who we are makes us more open to facts—and to each other.
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Erik van Straten

“The silencing of pro-Palestinian or anti-genocide voices is the reason why this genocide is still going on after 10 months.”
Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Rector of the University of Glasgow, 1 August 2024
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securityincontext.org/posts/he (source: [1])

It contains a HUGE misunderstanding:
"pro-Palestinian" and "anti-genocide" voices are two *VERY* different things.

Perhaps NOT from the PoV of Palestinians, but DEFINITELY from the viewpoint of most west-EU citizens, their media and their governments.

Sunday I joined a protest in Rotterdam that was announced as an emergy protest "do not let Gaza starve" (in Dutch: [2]).

However, *AGAIN* it was a *PRO-PALESTINE* protest (see the video I made in infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStrat).

West-EU people, and possibly "their" think tanks, are made to believe that they have to choose between *either* Palestine *or* Israel to exist "from the river to the sea".

Enormously affecting western thinking, the Israeli propaganda machine does their utter best to continuously remind us of the Holocaust, and to make us believe that anyone who denies Israel from "defending themselves against terrorism" is a Holocaust-denier and/or an antisemite. Unfortunately, this *just works*.

On Dutch TV viewers are reminded of WWII *every day*. It simply is #Hasbara without viewers noticing it, and even the media fail to see their bias.

[Note: my grandfather, born in 1900, was a Jew. He was sent to nazi labour camps (instead of Auschwitz) because he was maried to a Dutch woman. His family was murdered by the nazi's. I do not hate non-Zionist Jews.]

Pro-Palestine demonstrations have been counter-productive from the start. If the most extremist arguments are not removed, like shouting "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free", I will remain one of the very few Dutch people who is willing to join such protests. And I'm getting tired, because it feels pointless.

IMO #FrancescaAlbaneseIsRight - but her PoV is considered to be too extremistic, in particular when taking into account the immense failure of EU-countries to protect Jews during WWII. It is why hasbara works so well (in Germany in particular).

The cold blooded execution of the rescue workers made it to the news on Dutch TV, but the murder of approx. 17,000 Gazan children and the starvation of 2 million hardly gets any attention.

If polarization is not reduced RIGHT NOW, the media will turn away again. In particular because this year it's 80 years ago WWII ended in NL (victim remembrance day is on May 4), the tone of the debate needs to change. NOW.

If not, 2 million Gazans will die.

[1] Bilal Barakat (@bifouba) in kolektiva.social/@bifouba/1143

[2] acties.todon.nl/event/noodprot

@joenepraat : do you know how to get my message to the protest organizers?

@palestine

www.securityincontext.orgHegemony factories or independent thinkers? Western think tanks on Israel and Palestine after October 7
#Strategy#Gaza#GazaGenocide
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Leave X - Protect Democracy

"Changing the algorithm to make it benevolent rather than polarising is easy for those who control the platforms. Plenty of social media companies, — such as Pinterest, for example — allow people to engage and discuss ideas without promoting toxic content. While I feel regulation should be a last resort, in this case the industry has not self-regulated. (...)

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#socialmedia#polarization
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Peter Czanik

If you read only one long article this month, it should be "The Anti-Social Century" by The Atlantic. I planned to write about #tribalism for a long time, as it bothers me a lot and often puts me in trouble. The article describes the road to #polarization
peter.czanik.hu/posts/the-anti

peter.czanik.hu · The Anti-Social CenturyIf you read only one long article this month, it should be The Anti-Social Century by the The Atlantic. I planned to write about tribalism for a long time, as it bothers me a lot and often puts me in trouble. Unfortunately, most people think in tribes, such as “I’m a Democrat”, “I’m a Republican”, or “You’re either with us, or against us”. Something similar also exists here in Hungary. When I agree with something that others also support, those people think that I belong to their tribe.
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Philipp Müller

NEW STUDY OUT IN IC&S

Putting #FilterBubble Effects to the Test

In an experimental survey study with real #news #recommendersystems (#NRS), we find **limited** support for #polarization effects of #algorithms inducing "filter bubble" like information environments.

Data also show how balanced algorithms may promote #depolarization.

doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2024.

@commodon @communicationscholars #PoliticalCommunication #SocialMedia

Screenshot of the article title and abstract of the study which is linked in the post.
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