Are Filter Bubbles Real?

ISBN-13: 9781509536443 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 160 str.

Axel Bruns

Opis

Axel Bruns argues that the influence of echo chambers and filter bubbles on contemporary public debate has been severely overstated. He evaluates the evidence for and against echo chambers and filter bubbles, and offers a persuasive argument for why we should shift our focus to more important problems.

Recenzje

'Flaws in popular conceptions of echo chambers and filter bubbles are exposed by Axel Bruns's analytical perspective on the actual uses and impact of the Internet in politics, which raises new and even more troubling questions.' William H. Dutton, University of Southern California and University of Oxford 'This is precisely the wake-up call we need: a book that blows up myths about "filter bubbles" and "echo chambers", showing how misleading these concepts have become. Bruns offers smarter ways of thinking about the issues and explains the real concerns that need our attention at a critical moment for media, politics, and public life.' Seth C. Lewis, University of Oregon

Spis treści

Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: More than a Buzzword? 2 Echo Chambers? Filter Bubbles? What are They? 3 Echo Chambers and Filter Bubbles in Action 4 Bursting the Bubble 5 Conclusion: Polarised but not Disconnected References Index

O autorze

Axel Bruns is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Professor in the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology.