Internet Filter Bubble

Publication date: 
10/2015
Authors: 
Ancsa Aniko Hannak
David Lazer
Christo Wilson
Alan Mislove

To cope with the immense amount of content on the web, search engines often use complex algorithms to personalize search results for individual users. However, personalization of search results has led to worries about the Filter Bubble Effect, where the personalization algorithm decides that some useful information is irrelevant to the user, and thus prevents them from locating it.

Keywords: 
Search
Personalization
Geolocation
Internet Filter Bubble
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