2024/02/01 by David Coady · 1 voice · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Materials Science · Mathematics · #Education, Psychology, and Complexity Research #Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics #Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/edth.12620
openalex publication_date 2024/02/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract It is widely believed that we are facing a problem, even a crisis, caused by so‐called “echo chambers” and “filter bubbles.” Here, David Coady argues that this belief is mistaken. There is no such problem, and we should refrain from using these neologisms altogether. They serve no useful purpose, since there is nothing we can say with them that we cannot say equally well or better without them. Furthermore, they cause a variety of harms, including, ironically, a tendency to narrow public debate within predetermined limits.