Axel Bruns (Libri)

Axel Bruns Libri

Axel Bruns è professore associato presso l'ARC Centre for Creative Industries and Innovation della Queensland University of Technology. La sua ricerca si concentra sugli studi culturali, in particolare sull'impatto delle tecnologie digitali sulla creazione e distribuzione di contenuti. Esplora anche il rapporto tra fandom e copyright e l'emergere di nuove forme di cultura digitale. Il suo lavoro offre preziose intuizioni sui cambiamenti contemporanei nel settore creativo.

Are Filter Bubbles Real?

160pagine
6 ore di lettura

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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.