If you spend a lot of time on social networks like Facebook and Twitter, you probably thought Hillary Clinton was a shoo-in for president, and that Donald Trump had next to no chance of beating her. As my colleague Ian Barker explains, social networks can create something of a bubble, that pops when the real world intrudes, as it did in both Brexit and the US election. SEE ALSO: How social media bubbles are driving political anger Inevitably, the news that Donald Trump had won and was now president-elect really did surprise and shock a lot of people on Twitter… [Continue Reading]