Monday 10/22

Blog Prompt 10/22

Google and facebook are integral parts of many of our lives--many people in this class have expressed the idea that "Google has everything", and that is a popular belief.
Even though we count on these sites to provide us with information, we often don't understand how they actually function, or, for that matter, the ways they potentially manipulate us.

--What is a filter bubble?
--What are the potential personal drawbacks of these filter bubbles?
--What are the potential problems these filter bubbles might cause for your academic research?
--What are some filter bubbles that you've noticed in your own life?

A filter bubble is your own personal bubble of any of your interests you search for online. some of the problem you can have with filter bubbles are that some information could possibly thrown into your search or your filter bubble that may not even be close to any of your interests. some of the potential problems with filter bubble when it comes to academic research is that when you are looking for information you wont get the facts you need. Or the information you need may be over shadowed by random information that you probably would not find interesting or important for the research you are doing. Some if the filter bubbles i use that I just noticed this passed Tuesday is YouTube  I use this filter on a daily bases. I use it so much that when I don't even enter any thing in the search bar related links and videos come up on the side and below the search bar. however, sometimes there are videos that i have never searched for or anything similar to it and they show up. This is the same with Google and sometimes with twitter. Facebook is defiantly not a big part of my life any more because i find even Google is more interesting than it is. 

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