Filter Bubbles
~What is it? What are the drawbacks? What are the problems
for my academic research? Which ones do I experience in my life?
Filter bubbles are a way for websites like Google and
Facebook to show in my search results the things they think I may be interested
in based on previous searches or things I have clicked on other websites. (Many
more websites I’m sure but these are the main ones I’ve noticed these past few
days)
The man in the video stated it, “Shows what it thinks we
want to see not what we need to see and may not see uncomfortable information”.
There are many drawbacks to filter bubbles and his statement was the main one.
If this happens on news websites I may be missing out on seeing important
current events.
Another drawback of filter bubbles is when it comes to doing
research. Based on things that I have previously clicked I may end up missing
out on links that give me the information needed in academic research.
I wanted to do a little experiment to see how this works
when I search for something and then have my boyfriend search the same thing on
a different computer. The results were not as drastically different like the
two searches in the video but we still got different results.
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