Event Highlights

  • More Information, Less Diversity? The Problems with Digital Media and How We Can Fix Them | 2018 Spring Semester

    More Information, Less Diversity?” was a talk by Kecheng Fang (方可成), a former political journalist at Southern Weekly, and founder of the newsletter - Newslab(新闻实验室). The speaker addressed how algorithm-based recommendations, cognitive bias, and the digital media business models impact our awareness of diversity issues and understanding of minority groups. He also identified strategies for diversifying one’s personal media consumption, and improving the information ecosystem that surrounds each individual.