社交媒体,极端主义和激进化
1Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Science advances
|August 30, 2023
概括
对YouTube推导致用户激进化的担忧是夸张的. 然而,社交媒体平台继续托管和货币化极端主义和可疑内容.
科学领域:
- 社会媒体研究 社交媒体研究
- 数字激进化研究 数字激进化研究
- 在线内容分析 在线内容分析
背景情况:
- 人们担心社交媒体算法,特别是YouTube的推系统,可能会导致用户激进化.
- 极端主义意识形态和网上错误信息的传播构成了重大的社会挑战.
研究的目的:
- 评估YouTube的推系统在多大程度上有助于用户的激进化.
- 分析社交媒体平台上可疑和极端内容的存在和货币化情况.
主要方法:
- 在YouTube上分析用户数据和推算法.
- 在各种社交媒体平台上托管的极端主义和可疑材料的内容分析.
- 审查与有问题的内容相关的平台政策和收入来源.
主要成果:
- 该研究发现,担心YouTube推成为激进化的主要驱动因素的担忧在很大程度上被夸大了.
- 极端主义和可疑的内容确实存在于社交媒体上,并且经常被平台货币化.
- 算法放大可能在激进化中扮演的角色比以前假设的要小,用户选择和外部因素更为重要.
结论:
- 虽然YouTube的建议可能不是一个重要的激进化引擎,但社交媒体平台承担了托管和从有害内容中获利的责任.
- 对于内容调节和货币化实践的平台问责制仍然是一个关键问题.
- 进一步的研究应该探索超出算法建议的在线激进化因素的复杂相互作用.
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