Understand MagPunk

This page does not promote MagPunk; it explains the problem MagPunk is trying to solve and the method it uses.

The page progresses in concept–response pairs. First, a concept of journalism or measurement is explained — echo chamber, gatekeeping, Jaccard similarity, precision and recall. Immediately following is MagPunk’s response to that concept.

At the very end, the things the app does not and cannot do are listed in a single block, along with measured error rates.

The goal is for you to leave having learned something, even if you don’t download the app.

23 concepts · 34 responses · 57 cards · approx. 44 minutes

If you prefer to read the whole thing on a single page instead of proceeding card by card, the Document button on the top bar provides the same content on a single printable page. You can change modes at any moment; you will stay at the heading you are on.