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Along with their use, concerns about the fairness of the recommendations they propose have rightfully risen. Recommender systems are known to be affected by popularity bias, the disproportionate preference towards popular items. While this bias stems from human tendencies, algorithms used in recommender systems can amplify it, resulting in unfair treatment of end-users and\/or content creators. This article proposes a narrative review of the relevant literature to characterize and understand this phenomenon, both in human and algorithmic terms. The analysis of the literature highlighted the main themes and underscored the need for a multi-disciplinary approach that examines the interplay between human cognition, algorithms, and socio-economic factors. In particular, the article discusses how the overall fairness of recommender systems is impacted by popularity bias. We then describe the approaches that have been used to mitigate the harmful effects of this bias and discuss their effectiveness in addressing the issue, finding that some of the current approaches fail to face the problem in its entirety. 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