Filter Bubble

Social media is “forms of electronic communication (as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos)” (Merriam Webster). When it is put that way, social media sounds like a good thing and some people would agree with that, while others think it is taking over the world in a negative way. Because of these opposing views, social media and the use of it has become controversial. On one hand, there are people that believe social media helps to better connect people. For example, in a TED Talks video, Megan Phelps Roper spoke of her experience growing up in the Westboro Baptist Church, a small extremist religious group

As much as social media has managed to ruin our society, it plays a positive role for the public as well. Social media allowed people to use their networks as a form of reaching out to old friends and family across the world. With America being known as the melting pot of the world, our society has several people with family on the other side of the Earth. With social media in effect, this permits people to stay in touch with long lost loved ones and keep ties tight. Not only has it sanctioned friends and family to keep in touches but has granted people to relocate birth parents and unknown family members as well. Yes, social media has failed our society greatly but there is always a rainbow somewhere after a rainy day. Social media can play a positive role by bringing people back together.

In chapter 2 of The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser, after discussing how although two newspapers still create the base of almost all news stories that get shared online, newspapers are failing daily. He then explains how news became centered around “public opinion” instead of just information about the outside world. Pariser reminds us that:

I agree that social media creates disconnection from important issues. There seems to be a new cause everywhere you look. With so much information from causes around the world, we get choosy. When one scroll through your activity feed supplies seven different rage-worthy news articles, you can’t let each one affect you the same way— you’d never be able to relax. If, as in examples of the past, we only hear news through local word-of-mouth, then we primarily hear things that are either occurring geographically close to us or are directly affecting people we are close to, so we think of that issue as

When analyzing the role of social media in American society, several questions come to mind. What is social media and are these social media and networking sites helpful to the people of America; can these sites be used to enhance or do they intrude in the relationships people have with others, and can they be integrated into their daily lives successfully. As the world becomes more and more technology friendly, the internet has transformed into a place that nearly everyone can go to get away. With the constant click of a mouse for some is all it takes to relieve the stress of their day.

It is difficult to communicate with people in alternate filter bubbles without losing friends. In order to avoid this problem, we must first understand the problem. If you are in a filter bubble, you may only surround yourself with people who agree with your personal likes and dislikes. When friends arrive to a disagreement, it can be very hard not to take things personal. It is important to be very mindful of what we say to our friends because they hold significant roles in our daily lives. A friendship is far more important than one person being right or wrong about a topic. Today, I will discuss ways to communicate with people in alternate filter bubbles without losing friends. One way to communicate with people in alternate filter bubbles

After watching the Eli Pariser: Beware online “filter bubble” he explains how we get trapped in a “filter bubble” but not getting exposed to the information that could widen our worldview. He also goes on to talk about how we are not in unity like we think because we live in our own personal bubbles through or on the internet, but we do not get to pick what all goes into our bubble. I agree with that but the people to blame is the ones who withholds the information we need to challenge us and the things that get edited out. Even though our bubbles consist of who we are and what we do, it’s not fair because we have no control over what gets put into our bubbles or what get left out. The ESPN article also ties in with the filter bubble as well.

It is hard to communicate with people in alternate filter bubbles without losing friends. In order to avoid this problem, we must first understand the problem. Being in a filter bubble means that you surround yourself with people or things that agree with your personal likes and dislikes. When friends arrive to a disagreement, it can be very hard not to take things personal. It is important to be very mindful of what we say to our friends because they hold significant roles in our daily life. It is important to create a list of steps to follow when you are communicating with those friends who are in alternate filter bubbles. I decided to use these steps because a friendship is far more important than one person being right or wrong. Today,

I had no idea of this thing called a “Filter bubble”, and I had no idea that my searches were being personalized by a website guessing what it thinks I would like to see based on information about me. ie(location, search history)

You wrote, “I think we can learn a lot from this video and have a careful mindset that now our online search engine is filtering what we are interested in and what side we take on certain topics” and that could not be any truer. Such as, as when I am doing my due diligence on the choice I have to make in less than two weeks regarding who our next president may be, the results of my searches compared to my husbands are entirely different. Social media campaigning is the new frontier for electoral politics, bringing with it an incredible amount of contact and psychological effects. One has to believe that algorithmically created “Filter Bubbles” may change the necessary strategy to win presidential elections in the future!

The filter bubble was designed to navigate our personal and recreational on how are using the web.

Social media can be seen from completely different aspects and points of views. A major role in these different opinions plays mostly the age of the beholder, because social media made an enormous change in the last 50 years. One very important aspect in our today’s society is to get as many information as possible in a very short time period ("Impacts of social media”) Through social media and especially social networks such as twitter and Facebook, the information gets spread extremely fast. There are for example reporters who search on those networks to get information for their news and articles. (“Impacts

Electricity was first introduced to society hundreds of years ago; the way people communicate began to change in many different ways since then. New inventions helped people build more sophisticate tools to build better places to live and work. This new inventions changed the way we live now days; they make our lives much easier. In the decade of the 1920's when radio was first introduced to public, people begin buying it and using it more and more, as years passed by it become incredibly popular that most American families had a radio at their houses. They could spend hours with their families listening to music or their favorite shows. This was just the beginning of the revolution of social media.

Society is constantly changing and will continue to change in the future. The change is predictable because people change their ideas, routines, and views frequently. One of the topics that is typically brought up when discussing the influences on how society is changing, is social networking. There are two sides to every story. One side of the effects of social networking is that it is beneficial to society by informing people on particular situations in the world and on current important events. The other side views social networking as dangerous and drama filled. While there are benefits and dangers to social networking's effects on society, I will argue that social networking has changed society more negatively than positively.

In 1994, Geocities allowed people to create their own websites, it then later allowed people to interact with people they were similar with, eventually being labeled the first social media site. (Arandilla). The first influential social site was Friendster, which eventually led to Myspace. Myspace allowed people to follow each other, and share music and videos. The popularity of Myspace, led to beginning advertising from big corporations. Soon Myspace’s biggest competitor was born, Facebook. With one billion users across the globe, Facebook grew to the biggest networking source. Shortly after, Twitter was established, and became a huge site for teenagers. Twitter allows a person to follow celebrity’s, their friends, or role models , as well as the rapid increase of marketing . (Barry) The social media craze, grew faster than anyone could have imagined. Now more accessible than ever, with smartphones and ipads, social media is right at our fingertips. These networking sites have had a huge impact on every aspects of life, and transformed media. Yet, has it transformed society for the better?