Verkkothe authors analysed the “algorithmic amplification” effect on tweets from 3,634 elected politicians from major political parties in seven countries. Verkkotwitter's recommendation algorithm is a set of services and jobs that are responsible for serving feeds of tweets and other content across all twitter product surfaces. Verkkodespite the complexity and sophistication of how twitter’s algorithm is functioning, understanding the factors that likely go into the black box can still. Verkkoto address the opacity of twitter’s curation system and its potential echo chamber effects, this work aims to glimpse how algorithmic timeline curation affects media.
