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Do personalised recommendation systems reshape identity and memory

Do Personalized Recommendation Systems Reshape Identity and Memory?

Do personalised recommendation systems reshape identity and memory — Related con...

Please explain: Algorithmic individualism — Focuses on how systems tailor conten...

Algorithmic individualism — quick explainer

Algorithmic individualism — pro argument

Algorithmic individualism — con argument

Please explain: Social constructionism — Emphasizes identity as produced through...

Social constructionism and identity (short explainer)

Social constructionism explains identity as socially produced

Social constructionism underplayed: a strong counterargument

Please explain: Cognitive psychology (memory encoding/retrieval) — Studies how m...

Cognitive psychology: memory encoding and retrieval (short guide)

Cognitive psychology: memory encoding and retrieval — pro argument

Cognitive psychology limits: A strong counterargument

Please explain: Critical theory / media studies — Questions power, ideology, and...

Critical theory / media studies: structural critique of recommendation systems

Critical theory / media studies: structural critique of recommendation systems

Structural vs. Agency-focused readings of recommendation systems

Causal attribution is hard: harms arise from interacting technical, social, and ...

Comparing user outcomes across platforms with different business models, transpa...

When critics say structural critiques overstate firms’ control

How mechanisms and mediators shape recommendation systems’ effects

Multi-level analysis: platforms are powerful but not omnipotent

Platforms’ design and business models shape what content gets amplified

Policy + literacy: mitigating systemic risks from recommendation systems

When do recommendation systems exert strong structural influence?

When do platform effects overpower user resistance?

Platforms vs. agency: when recommendation systems shape identity & memory

Structural claim: concentrated platforms shape public life through power and ide...

Users retain agency: resisting, curating, and supplementing algorithmic feeds

Critical theory / media studies: structural critique — Con argument (steelman)

Structural critique — Con argument (steelman)

Structural critique underestimates user agency and technical limits

Please explain: Adjacent concepts

How these adjacent concepts relate to personalization, identity, and memory

Please explain: Practical applications

Practical applications of personalized recommendation systems

Please explain: Different/contrasting approaches

How different approaches explain personalization’s effects on identity and memor...

Different/contrasting approaches