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What's even an "Echo Chamber"? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by NONE_dc@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Let's say there is a tulip lovers club, where they talk about tulips, their variations and how to grow them. Let's say someone new joins the club, this new person starts saying that tulips are rubbish and that roses are better or something like that. This person becomes so insistent with these statements that they end up being kicked out of the club. Before leaving, the person calls the club an "Echo Chamber" about tulips.

Would this person be right?

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[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

On a general note. Older people want to say that social media has an echo chamber effect and reinforces bad beliefs. And you probably hear this from people with all variety of political beliefs.

I've read several studies indicating that's not true. Indicating that people aren't as polarized as others say they are, and also indicating that social media did not lead to greater polarization. But there's tons of data I haven't read, so don't cite me.

Personal knowledge, from both myself and many of my friends, is that before the Web we were far more limited in getting information, which was a problem for people who grew up as minorities, in various ways. And I believe that was a far worse problem than whatever your Facebook group might be causing.