Should we worry about filter bubbles?
Some fear that personalised communication can lead to information cocoons or filter bubbles. For instance, a personalised news website could give more prominence to conservative or liberal media items, based on the (assumed) political interests of the user. As a result, users may encounter only a li...
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| author | Frederik J. Zuiderveen Borgesius Damian Trilling Judith Möller Balázs Bodó Claes H. de Vreese Natali Helberger |
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| description | Some fear that personalised communication can lead to information cocoons or filter bubbles. For instance, a personalised news website could give more prominence to conservative or liberal media items, based on the (assumed) political interests of the user. As a result, users may encounter only a limited range of political ideas. We synthesise empirical research on the extent and effects of self-selected personalisation, where people actively choose which content they receive, and pre-selected personalisation, where algorithms personalise content for users without any deliberate user choice. We conclude that at present there is little empirical evidence that warrants any worries about filter bubbles. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ce6c796a537d45ccaa76a822d8a87ded2025-08-20T03:16:04ZengAlexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and SocietyInternet Policy Review2197-67752016-03-015110.14763/2016.1.401Should we worry about filter bubbles?Frederik J. Zuiderveen Borgesius0Damian Trilling1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2586-0352Judith Möller2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7491-1155Balázs Bodó3Claes H. de Vreese4Natali Helberger5University of AmsterdamUniversity of AmsterdamUniversity of AmsterdamUniversity of AmsterdamUniversity of AmsterdamUniversity of AmsterdamSome fear that personalised communication can lead to information cocoons or filter bubbles. For instance, a personalised news website could give more prominence to conservative or liberal media items, based on the (assumed) political interests of the user. As a result, users may encounter only a limited range of political ideas. We synthesise empirical research on the extent and effects of self-selected personalisation, where people actively choose which content they receive, and pre-selected personalisation, where algorithms personalise content for users without any deliberate user choice. We conclude that at present there is little empirical evidence that warrants any worries about filter bubbles.https://policyreview.info/node/401Filter bubblePersonalisationSelective exposure |
| spellingShingle | Frederik J. Zuiderveen Borgesius Damian Trilling Judith Möller Balázs Bodó Claes H. de Vreese Natali Helberger Should we worry about filter bubbles? Internet Policy Review Filter bubble Personalisation Selective exposure |
| title | Should we worry about filter bubbles? |
| title_full | Should we worry about filter bubbles? |
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| topic | Filter bubble Personalisation Selective exposure |
| url | https://policyreview.info/node/401 |
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