Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2021-02-22

Books mentioned on Improving the News, with Max Tegmark

2 books · With Max Tegmark, Jeff Jarvis · Listen · Watch on YouTube

How do we improve the news? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice talk echo chambers and America’s media problem with Max Tegmark, physicist and creator of AI media tool ImproveTheNews.

Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Geeks Bearing Gifts by Jeff Jarvis. Jeff Jarvis recommended Are Filter Bubbles Real? by Axel Bruns.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. Geeks Bearing Gifts

   Geeks Bearing Gifts

   Jeff Jarvis · at 35:14

   Discussed

   “geeks bearing gifts imagining new futures for news well the world has changed quite a bit even since that book came out in 2014.”

   Neil deGrasse Tyson Improving the News, with Max Tegmark 2021-02-22 Listen at 35:14

   Where to get it

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   Are Filter Bubbles Real?

   Axel Bruns · at 41:34

   Are Filter Bubbles Real? by Axel Bruns is an academic inquiry that challenges prevailing assumptions about media echo chambers, ideological isolation, and algorithmic personalization online.

   Recommended

   “there's a wonderful book i'll recommend by axel bruns who's a an academic in australia called are filter bubbles real”

   Jeff Jarvis Improving the News, with Max Tegmark 2021-02-22 Listen at 41:34

   Where to get it

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