Curation Algorithms and Filter Bubbles in Social Networks

Ron Berman
Ron Berman
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-3627
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104;
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Zsolt Katona
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Zsolt Katona
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8411-6040
Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720
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Ron Berman

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-3627

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104;

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Zsolt Katona

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Zsolt Katona

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8411-6040

Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720

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Published Online:3 Mar 2020https://doi.org/10.1287/mksc.2019.1208

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Received:January 29, 2017
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Published Online:March 03, 2020

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