Being a marketing
major, I have learnt and seen firsthand all about the filter bubble. It is
creepy and genius all at the same time. My filter bubble was at its peak at the
beginning of this semester. I was in a deep search for the perfectly functional
yet stylish planner for 2017. A few on the Anthropology website caught my eye,
but I was holding off as they were almost three times as much as planners I had
sifted through at Target. However, I was constantly reminded of the
eye-catching Anthropology planners almost every time I went on the Internet. Through
each social media, retail and informational site I forged through, there was an
ad on the side of the screen for my favorite Anthropology planner. After
cyber-stalking me for about two months, my ad eventually changed to a dress I
had seen on Tobi. I was being cyber-stalked all over again.
As far as politics
go, I prefer to avoid them on social media all together. I have unfollowed
people on sites but only for the reason of them being obnoxious in their political
posting habits. I try to respect everyone’s ideological leanings despite if
they align with my own or not. We live in a very diverse world and I believe it
is a blessing. Everyone is entitled to hold their own beliefs, of to which they
have formed to the best of their abilities, so we must understand and treat
them with respect.
I definitely agree
that the decline of dissoi logoi associated with internetworked media is
responsible for an increase in polarization. Society is becoming increasingly
more defiant in avoiding listening to opinions of an opposing side. Liberals
and conservatives seem to be at such opposite spectrums. I believe this is
problematic as sometimes it seems people are disagreeing just to disagree. If a
conservative thinks one way a liberal must think another. Listening to each
other could show that many more Americans actually agree on more key issues
than it may seem.
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