History
How netflix works – Tom Coggins
Our echo chambers – Elizabeth Cappon
[1] This is an adapted version of: https://www.textgain.com/portfolio/likes-onder-de-loep/
[2] https://buffer.com/library/Twitter-timeline-algorithm/ [3] https://sproutsocial.com/insights/Twitter-algorithm/ [4] https://www.nature.com/articles/srep37825 [5] https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20200616_04992948 [6] Thomas M. J. Fruchterman, Edward M. Reingold: Graph Drawing by Force-directed Placement. Softw. Pract. Exp. 21(11): 1129-1164, (1991) [7] M. Jacomy, S. Heymann, T. Venturini, M. Bastian: ForceAtlas2: A Continuous Graph Layout Algorithm for Handy Network Visualization. Technical Report. Sciences Po – Medialab. Paris, (2012) [8] Vincent D Blondel, Jean-Loup Guillaume, Renaud Lambiotte, and Eti-enne Lefebvre. Fast unfolding of communities in large networks. Journal of statistical mechanics: theory and experiment, 2008(10):P10008, (2008)The perfect villain does not exist – Baran Polat
Look who’s talking! – Interview by Stijn de Boer & Lilian de Jong
Understanding deepfakes – Ajinkya Indulkar
Social media – Dimitar Dimitrov
([2]Abundance of information narrows our collective attention span)
[3] Facebook ad revenue 2009-2018 [4] Google: ad revenue 2001-2018 [5] [1904.02095] Discrimination through optimization: How Facebook’s ad delivery can lead to skewed outcomes [6] [1912.04255] Ad Delivery Algorithms: The Hidden Arbiters of Political Messaging [7] Foot-in-the-door technique and computer-mediated communication | Request PDF [8] Can Anxiety Lead to Psychosis? – San Diego | API [9] Top-down enhancement and suppression of the magnitude and speed of neural activity – ignoring something takes effort, we have to spend energy to ignore impulses [10] Measuring Consumer Information – information overload [11] 82 thoughts on “Dopamine, Smartphones & You: A battle for your time” – new is exciting [12] Deep Neural Networks Are More Accurate Than Humans at Detecting Sexual Orientation From Facial Images [13] Facial recognition technology can expose political orientation from naturalistic facial imagesAttention is limited:
[14]Le, Thanh P; Najolia, Gina M; Minor, Kyle S; Cohen, Alex S (2016). “The effect of limited cognitive resources on communication disturbances in serious mental illness”. Psychiatry Research. 248 (248): 98–104. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2016.12.025. PMC 5378554. PMID 28038440. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
[15] Franconeri, Steven L; Alvarez, George A; Cavanagh, Patrick (2013). “Flexible cognitive resources: competitive content maps for attention and memory”. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 17 (3): 134–141. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2013.01.010. PMC 5047276. PMID 23428935. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
[16] Desimone, R; Duncan, J (1995). “Neural mechanisms of selective visual attention”. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 18: 193–222. doi:10.1146/annurev.ne.18.030195.001205. PMID 7605061. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
[17] Christie, S; Schrater, Paul (2015). “Cognitive cost as dynamic allocation of energetic resources”. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 9(9): 289. doi:10.3389/fnins.2015.00289. PMC 4547044. PMID 26379482. S2CID 15545774. Retrieved 30 October2020.
[18] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/tech-happy-life/201909/how-does-clickbait-work#:\~:text=Clickbait works%2C in part%2C because,truly give us great pleasure. [19] Psychotic-Like Experiences in Major Depression and Anxiety Disorders: A Population-Based Survey in Young Adults [20] The Effect of High-Anxiety Situations on Conspiracy Thinking [21] QAnon [22] The Making of a YouTube Radical [23] What Clickbait Teaches Us About Attracting Attention Online [24] AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) – AMCIS 2016 Proceedings: Measuring Emotional Arousal in Clickbait: Eye-Tracking ApproachAnti-tracking and Data pollution:
TrackMeNot TrackMeNot (Google Chrome Extension store) – search engine data pollution extension
AdNauseam – Clicking Ads So You Don’t Have To – ad profiling pollution extension
http://makeinternetnoise.com/index.html
https://proprivacy.com/ruinmysearchhistory
https://easylist.to/index.html
Privacy Possum – Get this Extension for ? Firefox (en-US)addons.mozilla.org Privacy Possum is Privacy Badger on Steroids
Install ad, recommendation and tracker blocking extensions:
uBlock Origin – Free, open-source ad content blocker.
Privacy Badger
Privacy Possum – Get this Extension for ? Firefox (en-US)addons.mozilla.org Privacy Possum is Privacy Badger on Steroids
Avoid engaging with any recommended content – usually titled as ‘suggested’ or ‘up next’ or ‘you might be interested in’
Avoid using platforms that use your data against you (e.g. DuckDuckGo instead of Google, VSCO instead of Instagram)
If your system is powerful enough, install extensions that pollute your digital footprint:
– by performing random google searches – TrackMeNot TrackMeNot (Google Chrome Extension store)
– by clicking random ads so you can’t be targeted properly by ads – AdNauseam – Clicking Ads So You Don’t Have To
Avoid any clickbait titles – titles that are emotionally charged and/or try to make you click them.
Try to apply critical thinking as often as possible, especially pay attention to how things are worded when the article succeeds to elicit an emotional response in you.
Puzzles, hints & solutions
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