Filter Bubble and Enframing: On the Self-AffirmingDynamics of Technologies

WWW2012 conference workshop PhiloWeb 2012: "Web and Philosophy, Why and What For?"

Andreas Beinsteiner

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PID  :  43658

来源: CEUR

【 摘 要 】

This paper tries to relate the recent concerns about personalizedfiltering on the internet to Martin Heidegger’s philosophy oftechnology. In “The Filter Bubble”, Eli Pariser describes howpersonalized filtering of online contents may result in a “selfloop”, amplifying the user’s interests and opinions. It will beargued that there are structural similarities between the concept ofthe filter bubble and Heidegger’s concept of technology asenframing. Also the latter addresses a filtered perception of realitywhich reinforces itself. In both cases, the dynamics underconsideration ultimately threaten human freedom. A comparisonof filter bubble and enframing might not only produce a deeperunderstanding of both phenomena, but reveal the discussion of