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Essay / Filter Bubble Analysis - 530
The book I chose to read is The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding From Us by Eli Pariser. Pariser did a great job capturing my attention with this book. Throughout the text, he used numerous examples from several credible outside sources to introduce these filter bubble topics, ideas, problems, benefits, and solutions. The text contained an assortment of background stories and easy-to-understand introductions allowing me to easily understand the subject. Additionally, Pariser avoided most of the technical jargon that only he could understand thanks to his training on the subject and his knowledge of Internet algorithms, formatting, and website administration. Pariser managed to draw me into the book not only by using this easy-to-follow wording, but also because the topic of Internet personalization and filtering was a recent concept to me, being one of many people who thought at the beginning that we had almost unlimited possibilities. access everything on the Internet. As this era seems to revolve around technology and internet usage, the book appealed to me even more....