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Tag Archives: Eli Pariser
Filter Bubble Question: What Do You Get When You Google…
A few days back I was searching for some topic that I have since forgotten. During my search, I typed the terms: “story behind” and was amused by Google’s first auto-suggestion.
Posted in Blogging, Humor, Media, Politics
Tagged Eli Pariser, Facebook, Google, The Filter Bubble
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The Filter Bubble: A Great Book That Exposes an Emerging Trend
“A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.” — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You is Eli Pariser’s fascinating account … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Book Reviews, Business, Finance and Economics, Media, Middle East, Policy, Politics, Predictions, Science
Tagged Advertising, Book review, Eli Pariser, Facebook, Google, Internet, MoveOn.org
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War Experiments Follow-up
Nearly two weeks ago, I tried a brief experiment to test Eli Pariser’s contention from his recent book, that Google’s use of 57 signals to personalize someone’s search results leads to a filter bubble. I also promised to include a second post with … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business, Media, Politics, War
Tagged Eli Pariser, Experiment, Google, pino, Poison Your Mind, reflectionsephemeral, Tarheel Red, War
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War Experiments
Yesterday, I wrote about Eli Pariser’s intriguing new book, which argues that social media like Facebook and search engines like Google are creating filter bubbles. In turn, he maintains these filter bubbles result in increased political polarization among Americans. Pariser has … Continue reading
The Filter Bubble: Why Your Internet Reality May Be Different From Mine
I have often argued that one of the reasons that Americans have become increasingly partisan over the past several decades has a lot to do with the end of military conscription. No longer are Americans from different backgrounds, races, geographic … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business, Mathematics, Media, Politics
Tagged Advertising, Eli Pariser, Google. Facebook, Media bias, MoveOn.org, Political polarization, Social media, TED Talks, The Filter Bubble
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