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Filter bubble

A filter bubble is a state of intellectual isolation that arises when personalized searches, recommendation systems, and algorithmic curation selectively presents information to each user. The search results are based on information about the user, such as their location, past click-behavior, and search history.

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Filter bubble

Nodes98
Edges97
Triples294
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020408
Components1

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related to Further reading · 87
Filter bubble → Ann, August, Berman, Beyond, Bozdag, Breaking, Breaking Out, Bursting, Columbia Journalism Review, Computer, Computer-Mediated Communication, Computing Systems, Croatian Medical Journal, Curation Algorithms, December, Definition, Eli, Ellison, Engin, Ethics
related to Media reactions · 31
Filter bubble → According, Analyst Doug Gross, Analyst Jacob Weisberg, Barney Frank, Book, CNN, Daily Me, For, Gmail, Google, Google Maps, Interviewing, John Boehner, June, Obamacare, One, Organizations, Pariser's, Paul Boutin, Per Grankvist
related to Platform studies · 23
Filter bubble → Although, Americans, Basing, Beyond, Big Five Psychology, Facebook, Facebook's, Germany, However, In, Jesse, Levi Boxell, Matthew Gentzkow, News Feed, News Feeds, No, Older Americans, Shapiro, Some, The
related to By individuals · 20
Filter bubble → Although, Building, Ekström, Eli Pariser, Elmas, Fostering, Fu, Google, In, In The Filter Bubble, Internet Is Hiding, Jiang, Pariser, Robert Putman, Some, Sun, They, This, What, You
related to By media companies · 17
Filter bubble → Along, As, Because, By, Craigslist, Facebook, Facebook's, Google, In, In January, January, Now, Questions, Related Articles, Similarly, The, Trending Topics
related to Mechanisms · 13
Filter bubble → Berman, In, Katona, Next, One, Perfect Algorithm, Quality Algorithim, The, The Distance Algorithim, There, These, This, While
related to Ethical implications · 11
Filter bubble → As, Critics, Eli Pariser, Facebook, Filter, Mark Zuckerberg, Scholars, Self-created, Technologists, The, The Filter Bubble
related to Academia studies and reactions · 10
Filter bubble → Consumers, Further, Google, Google's, Harvard, Internet Policy Review, Jonathan Zittrain, Similar, Subsequently, Wharton
related to Dangers · 8
Filter bubble → AI, Facebook, Filter, Researches, Social, That, The, This
related to Concept · 7
Filter bubble → An, Finally, First, Pariser, Then, This, Your

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filter bubbles users information social media bubble news study content user search results also google algorithms facebook people may polarization

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Filter bubbleis astate of intellectual isolation that arises when personalized searches0.90text
Twitterinstance ofThe results of the U.S. presidential election in 2016 have been associated with the influence of social media platforms0.80text
Facebookinstance ofThe results of the U.S. presidential election in 2016 have been associated with the influence of social media platforms0.80text
and as a result have called into question the effects of theinstance ofThe results of the U.S. presidential election in 2016 have been associated with the influence of social media platforms0.80text
the type of computer being usedinstance ofincluding non-cookie data0.80text
the user's physical location.Pariser's idea of the filter bubble was popularized after the TED talk in May 2011instance ofincluding non-cookie data0.80text
in which he gave examples of how filter bubbles workinstance ofincluding non-cookie data0.80text
where they can be seeninstance ofincluding non-cookie data0.80text
The Washington Postinstance ofOrganizations0.80text
The New York Timesinstance ofOrganizations0.80text
and others have experimented with creating new personalized information servicesinstance ofOrganizations0.80text
with the aim of tailoring search results to those that users are likely to like or agree with.Academia studiesinstance ofOrganizations0.80text

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