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filter bubble

filter bubble noun: a state of intellectual isolation resulting from exposure to only highly personalized Internet content (which is insular and polarizing).

Noun

filter bubble (plural filter bubbles)

  1. A state of intellectual isolation resulting from exposure to only highly personalized Internet content (which is insular and polarizing).
    • The other problem with algorithms is that they trap us in what is known as “filter bubbles” — the digital equivalent of an echo chamber, in which our incoming sources of information have been so customized to us that they simply confirm and reinforce what we already believe.2020 June 16, Brooke Shelby Biggs, “Do you live in a news bubble?”, in Independent Lens

filter bubble meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian and Persian

filter bubble in Hindi

Translations
फिल्टर बबल philṭar babal

filter bubble in Arabic

Translations
فقاعة المرشح

filter bubble in Indonesian

Translations
gelembung tersaring

filter bubble in Persian

Translations
حباب فیلتر

Synonyms of filter bubble

Forms of filter bubble

pluralfilter bubbles

Origin of filter bubble

Coined by American author, activist, and entrepreneur Eli Pariser in 2010.

Questions about filter bubble

What does filter bubble mean?
Filter bubble means a state of intellectual isolation resulting from exposure to only highly personalized Internet content (which is insular and polarizing).
What is filter bubble in Hindi?
Filter bubble in Hindi is फिल्टर बबल (philṭar babal). See Filter bubble meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is filter bubble?
Filter bubble is a noun.
What is the plural of filter bubble?
The plural of filter bubble is filter bubbles.

Words near filter bubble in the dictionary

  1. filter
  2. filter bank
  3. filter banks
  4. filter bed
  5. filter beds
  6. filter bubble
  7. filter bubbles
  8. filter cake
  9. filter cakes
  10. filter card
  11. filter cards

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