Uncovered: reality of how smartphones turned election news into chaos
- Groundbreaking research gives snapshot of world in which politics coverage is warped by social media algorithms and friendship groups
- Secrets of their smartphones: see how voters follow the news in memes
Ask the average 2019 voter where the problems with political news lie, and you might hear a few familiar claims: fake news. Russian interference. The biased BBC.
But take a look at their smartphones, and you might discover a different, more chaotic world – in which news is being shaped less by publishers or foreign agents but by social media algorithms and friendship groups.