Oska Fentem

My research will provide evidence to formally assess claims which suggest that new media platforms have contributed to the increasing radicalisation and polarisation of political thought in modern society. Recent advances in machine learning will be used in conjunction with models from empirical industrial organisation in order to model both the supply and demand side of these platforms. It is hoped that this work will have implications well beyond academia, as a basis for discussion about whether and how new media should be subjected to further regulations.