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Credible to Whom?: The Curse of the Echo Chamber

Credible to Whom?: The Curse of the Echo Chamber

Nathan Rodriguez
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781522510727|ISBN10: 1522510729|EISBN13: 9781522510734
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1072-7.ch008
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Rodriguez, Nathan. "Credible to Whom?: The Curse of the Echo Chamber." Establishing and Evaluating Digital Ethos and Online Credibility, edited by Moe Folk and Shawn Apostel, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 142-161. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1072-7.ch008

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Rodriguez, N. (2017). Credible to Whom?: The Curse of the Echo Chamber. In M. Folk & S. Apostel (Eds.), Establishing and Evaluating Digital Ethos and Online Credibility (pp. 142-161). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1072-7.ch008

Chicago

Rodriguez, Nathan. "Credible to Whom?: The Curse of the Echo Chamber." In Establishing and Evaluating Digital Ethos and Online Credibility, edited by Moe Folk and Shawn Apostel, 142-161. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1072-7.ch008

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Abstract

This chapter adopts a case study approach to examine the echo chamber effect online. Individuals cobble together personalized newsfeeds by active choice and those choices are often accompanied by subtle manipulations in social media and online search engine algorithms that may shape and constrain the parameters of information on a given topic. In this chapter, the author studied vaccine-hesitant discourse in an online forum over a five-year period. Those conversations exhibited characteristics of what would be considered an echo chamber, as defined by Jamieson and Cappella (2008). The implications of this case study suggest that the echo chamber within the realm of vaccination can lead individuals toward content and information of dubious veracity, with significant implications for public health.

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