Echo chambers and epistemic bubbles Abstract Discussion of the phenomena of post-truth and fake news often implicates the closed epistemic networks of social media. The recent conversation has, however, blurred two distinct social epistemic phenomena. An epistemic bubble is a social epistemic structure in which other relevant voices have been left out, perhaps accidentally. An … Continue reading Echo Chambers and Epistemic Bubbles C Thi Nguyen (2018)
Science Curiosity The Global Information Ecosystem Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter To discredit someone means to cause them to lose people’s respect or trust. We acquire most of our knowledge by accepting the beliefs of those people or institutions we trust, so discrediting authority figures or institutions is one of the most effective, … Continue reading Discrediting People ** Cause them to lose the respect or trust of others
Uncertainty ** What Are Cognitive Biases? Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Echo chambers, filter bubbles, and epistemic bubbles are confusing concepts and are often conflated, but they are distinct concepts. Filter Bubbles A filter bubble is a term used to describe the phenomenon of intellectual isolation that occurs when websites use algorithms to … Continue reading Filter Bubbles, Epistemic Bubbles and Echo Chambers Distort the reality of the world
