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  • Sean Carroll's Mindscape Zeynep Tufekci on Information and Attention in a Networked World (Season 1, Episode 141)
  • Podcast Episode | 77 min | Talk-Show

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Zeynep Tufekci on Information and Attention in a Networked World (Season 1, Episode 141)
Podcast Episode | 77 min | Talk-Show
In a world flooded with information, everybody necessarily makes choices about what we pay attention to. This basic fact can be manipulated in any number of ways, from advertisers micro-targeting specific groups to repressive governments ...See moreIn a world flooded with information, everybody necessarily makes choices about what we pay attention to. This basic fact can be manipulated in any number of ways, from advertisers micro-targeting specific groups to repressive governments flooding social media with misinformation, or for that matter well-meaning people passing along news from sketchy sources. Zeynep Tufekci is a sociologist who studies the flow of information and its impact on society, especially through social media. She has provided insightful analyses of protest movements, online privacy, and the Covid-19 pandemic. We talk about how technology has been shaping the information space we all inhabit. See less
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