After listening to Group 2’s presentation, I found the topic of Echo Chambers very interesting. Echo Chambers refers to a label used in media to reference a situation in which beliefs are amplified and re-verbed inside of a “space”. This “space” refers to a group of people or organization. So, this basically means that people choose to become part of an environment where only their views are shared and supported. This is an issue because it does not provide positive feedback since only one side of a perspective is being shared. This can eventually lead to extremism if people do not take into consideration what the other side has to say.
An example of this would be if you loved milk chocolate and only wanted to talk to other people whose favorite chocolate is milk chocolate as well. You had no interest in hearing from dark chocolate or white chocolate lovers because you only wanted to hear from sources that would agree with you that it is the best candy. Therefore, you form a group that meets that 9PM every Wednesday to discuss the perks of milk chocolate. If you did not agree that milk chocolate was the superior chocolate, you would not be allowed in the club.
In my opinion, I do not believe this is a good idea because people who do this are basically just talking in circles. There is no feedback and their perspective is not broadened so they only know what they want to know.
Click here to read about a recent example of an echo chamber in politics!
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