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selective exposure theory
Algorithmic radicalization – Hypothesis that social media algorithms drive political radicalization
Communal reinforcement – Social phenomenon where a meme is repeatedly asserted in a community, regardless of whether it is sufficiently supported by evidence
Echo chamber – Situation that reinforces beliefs by repetition inside a closed system
Filter bubble – Intellectual isolation involving search engines
low-information rationality – Theory that people use social heuristics to compensate for limited capacity to absorb information
Russell's teapot – Analogy devised by Bertrand Russell
Solipsism – Philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist
Truthiness – Quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true, rather than actual truth