If algorithms come to dictate news decisions, how does that change what we read, and what sort of democracy we might have in the future? Can personalized news make more empowered audience? In this project I want to study how is the press is able to retain its social obligations to society when cultural content and news are subject to automation and algorithmic governance.
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If algorithms come to dictate news decisions, how does that change what we read, and what sort of democracy we might have in the future? Can personalized news make more empowered audience? In this project I want to study how is the press is able to retain its social obligations to society when cultural content and news are subject to automation and algorithmic governance.