Digital media isolate people from contrary opinion which face-to-face life once forced
Evidence
In the past, perhaps our cognitive biases were ameliorated by our interactions with others. It is ironic to think that in today’s media deluge, we could perhaps be more isolated from contrary opinion than when our ancestors were forced to live and work among other members of their tribe, village, or community, who had to interact with one another to get information. When we are talking to one another, we can’t help but be exposed to a diversity of views. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 118
Categorization
- SEED: The paradox that digital tribes are more insulated than physical ones could anchor a piece on echo chambers.
- XREF: connects to: Cognitive bias plus curated information feeds industrial post-truth vulnerability — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 122; Whether social media dupes people or merely amplifies their existing prejudices is unresolved. — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 360; Personalized internet feeds destroyed shared common knowledge and split the public into oppositional realities (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Personalized internet feeds destroyed shared common knowledge and split the public into oppositional realities
#expands(0.90) - The rise of personalized web consumption ended broadcasters’ power to compel attention
#expands(0.80) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 921 - People now self-censor offline behavior out of fear of online audiences
#exemplifies(0.72) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1505 - Media frames actively exclude and delegitimize alternative realities
#qualifies(0.70) — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 571