Are male and female social media accounts floating in gendered political bubbles?

On the heels of a study that examined political polarization on social media feeds, a fresh batch of research is shedding light on gender-based disparities. A report published in Cornell University's arXiv database shows that recommendation algorithms treat male and female accounts differently, especially in the realm of political content. To run their experiment, the researchers created 160 virtual accounts. 80 of those accounts were seeded with "male-coded" categories like cars, sports, and gaming, while the other 80 received a female-coded base in categories like how-to and style. Each account also received a baseline seed of political content regardless of gender coding. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.