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“They’re trying to influence me to gain the more acceptable viewpoint”: The algorithmic imaginaries of politically activated social media users

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New Media & Society

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Abstract

New Media & Society, Volume 28, Issue 6, Page 2779-2798, June 2026.
Links between extremism online and personalization algorithms are, by now, widely accepted. However, discussions surrounding sociopolitical radicalization and its relationship to filter bubbles often fail to account for user agency. Based on interview (N=...