Bursting Filter Bubbles: Enhancing Student Evaluation of Online Information

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Zoom

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Presenter
Scott Tulloch (Speech, Communications, and Theatre Arts)

Description
Search engines, social media, and video sharing platforms are developing increasingly sophisticated algorithms to offer personalized digital content based on browsing history, age, gender, political preferences, location, and other data. Consumers of digital media find themselves trapped in filter bubbles, their own ā€œpersonal ecosystems of information.ā€ The most insidious forms of online disinformation leverage ā€œfilter bubbles,ā€ with misleading content designed and delivered to reinforce usersā€™ existing biases.

In this workshop, we will develop faculty awareness of filter bubbles and will share activities that can help students recognize their own filter bubbles, so they are better prepared to critically evaluate information in their online environments. A general overview of scholarly research on filter bubbles will also be provided.

Contact
Register here and you will receive a Zoom link via email. For more information, email cetls@bmcc.cuny.edu.

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