Our perception of reality – and of the choices that we have in life – has always been influenced by our surroundings: education, friends, favourite newspaper, Facebook feed etc. On the one hand this allows us to live our values among like-minded people but on the other, it can oversimplify reality and deceive us.
An echo chamber is a group situation where information, ideas and beliefs are amplified or reinforced by transmission and repetition, while different or competing views are censored, disallowed or otherwise under-represented.
Participants:
- Dr Ellen Helsper, Associate Professor at the Media and Communications Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
- Christophe Bruchansky (moderator), Plural’s founder, @bruchansky
Sponsor: Westminster Reference Library
