2026-09-20T16:37:15Zhttps://dspace.mit.edu/server/oai/requestoai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/1134472026-06-06T00:49:11Zcom_1721.1_7582com_1721.1_7581col_1721.1_131023
David R. Karger.
Wang, Jessica Z
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2018-02-08T15:58:06Z
2018-02-08T15:58:06Z
2017
2017
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113447
1020176726
Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2017.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-78).
Society is becoming increasingly ideologically divided. People exist in filter bubbles online, where they are exposed to primarily homogeneous perspectives and news sources. However, diversity in news consumption is important: it creates more informed societies, healthier democracies, and more solid understandings of one's own beliefs. In this thesis, we propose Pano - a system for bridging the ideological divide by surfacing moral framing in news. Pano provides a way to educate consumers of online news to think in a moral framework of shared human values, challenging their understandings of views held by those different from them through collaborative highlighting and annotation of moral framing in text. We demonstrate the effectiveness of Pano in a 10-day field study and find positive changes toward improved empathy and ability to re-frame arguments in the moral foundations of the audiences, showing promise toward the ultimate goal of bridging the ideological divide.
by Jessica Z. Wang.
M.Eng.
78 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
A system for bridging the ideological divide by establishing a moral framework for news consumption
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