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**A revealing look at how user behavior is powering deep social divisions online—and how we might yet defeat political tribalism on social media** In an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other. We use social media as a mirror to decipher our place in society but, as Chris Bail explains, it functions more like a prism that distorts our identities, empowers status-seeking extremists, and renders moderates all but invisible. __Breaking the Social Media Prism__ challenges common myths about echo chambers, foreign misinformation campaigns, and radicalizing algorithms, revealing that the solution to political tribalism lies deep inside ourselves. Drawing on innovative online experiments and in-depth interviews with social media users from across the political spectrum, this book explains why stepping outside of our echo chambers can make us more polarized, not less. Bail takes you inside the minds of online extremists through vivid narratives that trace their lives on the platforms and off—detailing how they dominate public discourse at the expense of the moderate majority. Wherever you st

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Author

Christopher Bail

Publisher

Princeton University Press 2021

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691203423

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Technology, Science, Computer Science

Rating

4.4 / 5 (58 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14