Are Filter Bubbles Real?

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.

A existat multa ingrijorare cu privire la impactul camerelor de ecou partizan si a filtrelor cu bule asupra dezbaterii publice. Este aceasta ingrijorare justificata sau ne distrage atentia de la probleme mai grave? Axel Bruns sustine ca influenta camerelor de ecou si a bulelor de filtrare a fost sever supraevaluata si rezulta dintr-o panica morala mai larga cu privire la rolul mediilor online si sociale in societate.