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Zuiderveen Borgesius, F.J., Trilling, D., Möller, J., Bodó, B., de Vreese, C.H., & Helberger, N. (2016). Should we worry about filter bubbles? Internet Policy Review, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.14763/2016.1.401

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Zuiderveen Borgesius, Frederik J., Trilling, Damian, Möller, Judith, Bodó, Balázs, de Vreese, Claes H. and Helberger, Natali. 2016. "Should we worry about filter bubbles?". Internet Policy Review 5 (1). DOI: 10.14763/2016.1.401. https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/should-we-worry-about-filter-bubbles.

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Zuiderveen Borgesius FJ, Trilling D, Möller J, Bodó B, de Vreese CH, Helberger N. Should we worry about filter bubbles? Internet Policy Review [Internet]. 2016 [18 August 2026];5(1). Available from: https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/should-we-worry-about-filter-bubbles

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This paper examines how algorithmic personalisation shapes electoral perceptions through the filter bubble phenomenon, using a multidimensional measurement tool applied to Romanian Facebook users.

KEYWORDS: Algorithmic personalisation, Filter bubble, Electoral communication, Ideological polarisation, Confirmation bias

Recommendation algorithms potentially amplifying extremist content has become a policy concern in recent years. We conduct a novel empirical experiment on three platforms (YouTube, Reddit, and Gab) to test this phenomenon. We find that YouTube’s “Recommended for you” system does promote extreme content. We synthesise the findings into the policy debate and argue that co-regulation may provide some solutions.

KEYWORDS: Filter bubble, Online radicalisation, Algorithms, Extremism, Regulation

Concepts such as ‘filter bubble’ enjoy considerable popularity in scholarly as well as mainstream debates, but are rarely defined with any rigour. This has led to highly contradictory research findings. This article provides a critical review of the ‘filter bubble’ idea, and concludes that its persistence has served only to distract scholarly attention from far more critical areas of enquiry.

KEYWORDS: Filter bubble, Echo chambers, Social media, Social network, Polarisation

Stefania Milan and Claudio Agosti present the Algorithms Exposed (ALEX) project as well as the browser extension fbtrex.

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