According to Eli Pariser, a filter bubble is your own unique universe of personal information. It is what interest you. These can be your habbits and the things that you need information for. The drawbacks of the filter bubbles are they decide for you what information you are going to recieve based on your viewing history and do not give you the broader picture of the information that is available on the internet. It does not let you decide. For example, liberal websites give you more information on liberal interest and conservative interest bring up more conservative information. Filter bubbles limit your access to the information that may be needed to make an informed decision in your research. This can tremendously hurt your research. It does not give you control of seeing all sides of a certain issue. Filter bubbles I have noticed in my own life is that I tend to be a more conservative person so I recieve information on the internet that go along with my views instead of seeing the broader picture. In my opinion, People who built the web/internet, now need to give broader information and also give the people more control of the type of information they are recieving from research.
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