Are Filter Bubbles Real?

Axel Bruns is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Professor in the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology.

‘Flaws in popular conceptions of echo chambers and filter bubbles are exposed by Axel Bruns’s analytical perspective on the actual uses and impact of the Internet in politics, which raises new and even more troubling questions.’William H. Dutton, University of Southern California and University of Oxford‘This is precisely the wake-up call we need: a book that blows up myths about “filter bubbles” and “echo chambers”, showing how misleading these concepts have become. Bruns offers smarter ways of thinking about the issues and explains the real concerns that need our attention at a critical moment for media, politics, and public life.’Seth C. Lewis, University of Oregon

• Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: More than a Buzzword?2 Echo Chambers? Filter Bubbles? What are They?3 Echo Chambers and Filter Bubbles in Action4 Bursting the Bubble5 Conclusion: Polarised but not DisconnectedReferencesIndex