This week I took a deep look at all of my socials- Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and even Pinterest. What I found was quite interesting. After learning about participatory culture and the “filter bubble” as described by Eli Pariser (2011), I decided it was time to take a good look at what information I am and am not being shown on social media. I have always been aware of the idea of a filter bubble, but never knew that it had a name. One way that I have acknowledged the filter bubble in my socials is through what I see on TikTok. It is very clear that the algorithms of TikTok show me exactly what I want to see and filter out anything that they believe I would not enjoy or agree with. This has been a widely acknowledged phenomenon, as I have heard my friends talk about what “kind” of TikTok they are “on” (for example- I am almost always on ‘dog TikTok’). This was the first week that I took a look at this phenomenon with more knowledge and a critical eye. I ended up following a few more people on TikTok to see if this would impact the algorithm- and it did! I specifically followed “msbunnyteacher” after watching a video of hers where she discusses a different point of view on EdTech than I have. After I followed her, more videos with views like hers started appearing in my feed. This was very shocking to me and makes me think, if making this one small change had that much of an impact on what I now see… what else am I missing??
Resources: Blogtrepeneur. (2016, July 26). Social Media Marketing Mix. [Image]. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/143601516@N03/28208489145/in/photolist-JYFT48-gSX5nH-6FkPYG-gSXMFT-8o2UHN-2izMmhY-gSX5fD-SDENZU-rh1USg-gSX4v3-gSX4qd-7arjcX-HRv9gc-aFy3bt-8w6RQm-8FSH1y-K4c1J7-dvUxYM-6wzM1U-8tftq9-wto671-99BVQZ-754QPy-6MgfTM-6wvviD-9Dgi47-deoZtb-6hxAb9-aNzXB8-2mhZFz1-gSX5ZL-4sgaEK-ddApjK-rgUoy3-yJnGVW-y56zPB-gSXPdR-gSX5Zq-S7w8UL-dPQbk9-gSX5TU-e1yRKg-xqYsBK-e1HpQq-6sydbF-5XNfPs-5dqihW-gSX6xi-gSX6Dv-gSX67u. Msbunnyteacher. (2022) [Video]. TikTok. https://www.tiktok.com/@msbunnyteacher/video/7095115613613362475?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1. TED. (2011, February). Beware online "filter bubbles" | Eli Pariser. [Video]. Youtube. https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles/transcript
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