Description: Are Filter Bubbles Real?Author(s): Axel Bruns Format: Hardback Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom Imprint: Polity Press ISBN-13: 9781509536443, 978-1509536443 Synopsis There has been much concern over the impact of partisan echo chambers and filter bubbles on public debate. Is this concern justified, or is it distracting us from more serious issues? Axel Bruns argues that the influence of echo chambers and filter bubbles has been severely overstated, and results from a broader moral panic about the role of online and social media in society. Our focus on these concepts, and the widespread tendency to blame platforms and their algorithms for political disruptions, obscure far more serious issues pertaining to the rise of populism and hyperpolarisation in democracies. Evaluating the evidence for and against echo chambers and filter bubbles, Bruns offers a persuasive argument for why we should shift our focus to more important problems. This timely book is essential reading for students and scholars, as well as anyone concerned about challenges to public debate and the democratic process.
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Book Title: Are Filter Bubbles Real?
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Name: Are Filter Bubbles Real?
Language: English
Publisher: Polity Press
Item Height: 197 mm
Subject: Education
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Study Guide
Item Weight: 284 g
Author: Axel Bruns
Item Width: 125 mm
Format: Hardcover
