CNLP 507 | Chris Bail on the Truth about Algorithms and Echo Chambers, the Miserable Social Life of Internet Trolls, and How 6% of Users Generate 73% of Extreme Online Content

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast

Carey Nieuwhof

Management, Business

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Duke University Professor, Chris Bail, discusses what his research revealed about the truth about algorithms, how 6% of social media users generate 73% of extreme content, the miserable social life of internet trolls, why echo chambers aren't the problem, and the (hopeful?) future of social media. For more on this episode, go to https://careynieuwhof.com/episode507.

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0:01.0	The Art of Leadership Network.
0:07.5	Well, welcome to the Curie NewHop Leadership Podcast.
0:10.0	It's Carrie here.
0:11.2	I hope our time together today helps you thrive in leadership.
0:14.0	Thanks so much for joining us.
0:15.5	This is going to be a really interesting episode.
0:18.7	I have been thinking a lot about social media
0:20.9	over the last few years.
0:22.2	And I read a book that was recommended by Tim Keller
0:24.8	called Breaking the Social Media Prism.
0:27.3	Reached out to the author, who's a professor at Duke, Chris Bale.
0:30.8	And well, I'm going to bring you that conversation
0:32.8	because so many of my assumptions about social media got popped.
0:36.7	I'm like, well, wrong about that.
0:38.2	Yep, wrong about that.
0:39.4	And I kind of enjoy that.
0:41.4	So anyway, hey, today's episode is brought to you by Belay.
0:44.9	You can get your free copy of Belay's latest book,
0:47.7	Lead Anyone From Anywhere by texting the word Carrie,
0:51.0	my name, 255123.
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