Assignment Task: Social media (for example, Facebook) creates echo chambers and can help to perpetuate pseudoscience.
1) Explain how at least three different types of biases contribute to and/or result from echo chambers using concrete examples.
2) How is pseudoscience different from authentic science? What are the dangers of pseudoscience?
3) Using COVID-19 as an example, describe the negative consequences of echo chambers and pseudoscience on public perception.