I think that filter bubbles apply when using data bases. Search
engines such as google and bing.com on my computer and always save previous
things I’ve search. I feel it works the same way on data bases. For example, I used
academic search complete on my laptop to look up articles about my topic. As I go
into the database each time on my computer and type in my topic into the search
box, when I type in the first letter my topic automatically pops up. I may get
one set of results but if I use another computer I get a different set of
results. I think this applies to the other parts of the website as well. When I
narrow my search down by subject or by the type of source I want, my theory
still applies. Like I said this can be good or bad. On my computer I can get
information that my filter bubble knows I would be interested in. At the same
time I could be missing out on valuable information because my filter bubble
blocked out something it thought that I may not have wanted to see. Filter
bubbles apply to everything not just social search engines.
I agree that you may be missing out on some valuable information depending on what computer you use. People search many different things in the library, so there should be a wide variety of information in these "filter bubbles."
ReplyDeleteHmm you made a very good point because I believed, as far as school databases, there are not filter bubbles. What you said corrects that though. However, I do feel that filter bubbles would not be a big as a problem on academic databases. I think you made very good points, especially in correcting what I thought was not there. Good post!!
ReplyDeleteI my opinion filter bubbles are kind of needed because it does filter out unnecessary material, but then again it is kind of weird that the search engines to do. I would like to see what everybody is seeing instead of what they think I want to see. I just do not know how I feel about filter bubbles
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