Echo Chamber

     An echo chamber is essentially information that repeats itself from only 1 narrative.  Of course, this can lead to greater issues if someone is trying to receive an unbiased opinion.  Confirmation bias would be the result and would stop old beliefs from being challenged.  Echo chambers aren't always effective because there are so many different voices on social media.  When one person is voicing an opinion, you can simply scroll down on the page to find an alternative opinion.  There is a type of echo chamber that most may not know the name of.  A filter bubble is a type of echo chamber that tracks online information, and your searches are tracked.  This is a trap for all internet users, since they are distracted by items they want to buy.  With the internet revolutionizing, people need to be careful with what browser they are on.  To avoid an echo chamber, make sure to look at multiple sources of information.  For example, if you watch CNN and no other news network, you will only get a one-sided opinion.  Trap   

    Echo Chambers prevent people from hearing all sides of information, so many people are uninformed of both sides of a news story.  Knowing both sides is always important in order to establish an opinion.  The internet also filters out certain information regarding politics.  Essentially, echo chambers can lead to political polarization.  Political polarization is people being fixated to only one opinion and then draw conclusions.  People can end up misinterpreting a whole story if they don't have all the information.  Part of the problem is the search engines, like google, who filters out unwanted government information.  For people who are older they can be swayed easily if they are not in good health.  Most of the older population doesn't participate in current social media, so they could get complete lost looking through different apps.  Very young kids are affected greatly by social media because younger kids are being exposed to social media as time passes.  Teens to young adults are familiar with apps so they are usually based off of preference.  if someone were to like 1 Republican post on Tik Tok, it would end up leading to a full for you page of Republican posts.  Part of the issue with young teens is they don't want to hear both sides of the story.  When a story is told one way it is almost impossible to imagine that story changing.  Poor people may not have as much access to social media sources, so they may be greatly misinformed.  Rich people have all the access to any social media platform they want.  Therefore, it is easier for people to dig for information when they are aware of an echo chamber.  Echo chambers have affected me in a positive way.  I grew up watching Fox News and if I ever wanted to hear a second opinion, I could go to a different news station.  I believe Echo Chambers people see at a young age, lead to their future beliefs.