Facebook conducted a study for one week in 2012 testing the effects of manipulating News Feed based on emotions. The results have hit the media like a bomb. What did the study find? Was it ethical? And what could or should have been changed?
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Ethics
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=EQ
This doesn't inspire confidence. Although I don't know why we're surprised by Facebook. We are the product as far as Facebook. Is concerned, it doesn't owe the users anything.