This document discusses research from the Institute for the Future on how algorithms analyze digital activity to shape attitudes, behaviors, and identities. It also explores questions on whether what people do and say on social media can correlate to their professional careers and what social media posts may reveal about a person.

1. Katie Webb
Professor Klinkowstein
Research from the Web and Quora
“The Remaking of Persuasion”
Digital Mirrors Algorithms analyze and reflect back our
digital activity to shape attitudes,
behaviors, and identities.
http://www.iftf.org/uploads/media/SR-1321_IFTF_FutureofPersuasionReport-1.pdf

2. Katie Webb
Professor Klinkowstein
Research from the Web and Quora
Q: Can what we do and say on social
media correlate to what we do with
our professional career?
No relevant response

3. Katie Webb
Professor Klinkowstein
Research from the Web and Quora
Related Question
Q: What do our posts, forwards, and
retweets on social networks say
about us?

4. Katie Webb
Professor Klinkowstein
Research from the Web and Quora
Related Question
A: They talk about how we interact
with our friends and other people and
tell a lot about our influence, the roles
we play in the Social Network and the
communities we gather in.

5. Katie Webb
Professor Klinkowstein
Theme
Can social media inform our career
paths?