“The structure of our media affects the character of our society” (Parizer18)
December 4 th 2009
What is democracy?
The Pillars of a Democratic Society Freedom of Press Freedom of Information Freedom of speech/expression Access to information
The Public Sphere
Online democracy?
3 rd spaces Publics
How the filterbubble challenges this
Dialogue
Algorithms, code, and the missing masses
break
The 4C’s of 2.0 Media Texts
Personalization
Filters
Filterbubbles You are in it- ALONE It is invisible You don’t choose to enter it
So why do we buy into it?
Schema & paradigms
Dangers of the filterbubble
Options moving forward
Take it back- Make it visible