Axel Bruns (Volgorde van de boeken)

Axel Bruns Volgorde van de boeken

Axel Bruns is universitair docent bij het ARC Centre for Creative Industries and Innovation aan de Queensland University of Technology. Zijn onderzoek richt zich op cultuurstudies, met name de impact van digitale technologieën op de creatie en distributie van inhoud. Hij onderzoekt ook de relatie tussen fandom en auteursrecht, en de opkomst van nieuwe vormen van digitale cultuur. Zijn werk biedt waardevolle inzichten in de hedendaagse verschuivingen binnen de creatieve industrieën.

Are Filter Bubbles Real?

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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.