Bubbles

Why filter bubble is a problem? Well, to answer this question we must think about things like: other points of view, different opinions, importance of information, somewhat challenging. Today it is filtered by importance and number of clicks done for search certain information. After UK’s vote to leave EU many people were shocked with the results where expectations were entirely opposite what they expected. “In the aftermath of the UK’s vote to leave the EU and Donald Trump’s victory in the US…

The term “Filter Bubble” came from a Ted Talks presentation by Eli Pariser called Beware Online “Filter Bubbles”. Throughout the presentation Pariser basically depicts how our techniques for gathering news are possibly skewed. He explains how our social media browsing can affect what is presented to us. Through many different complex algorithms, our browsers are able to analyze our browsing history and determine what our interests are. One reason that this can be seen as a negative aspect of the…

this person would find my hometown at spot number seven on this list of cities. I like to call my home town the bubble. Peachtree City, Georgia is its own unique little world directly south of Atlanta. It's a world where everyone drives around on golf carts, where crime is almost unheard of, and where the whole city acts as an interconnected community. Nothing much happens in the bubble, but that is what makes this place feel so untouched and safe. It is where my dad grew up; it is where I grew…

When will the next Housing Bubble burst? The risk of the UK going towards another housing bubble is very high due to rising property prices, low rate mortgages, Government intervention, and pension changes, which encourage retirees to buy houses. All these factors contribute to the growing demand and the emphasis on the tight supply. The UK housing Bubble is driven by the house prices in London, which are highly overvalued (valued 128% over their historic price to income ratio). As mentioned,…

Behind the Bubble A study from Massachusetts schooling reported that 50% of 10th-grade students flunked the state math test, 40% of eighth graders failed the science portion, 66% of fourth graders were classified as “needs improvement” . Also according to an organization known as NeaToday 67% of American parents believe that there is too much “emphasis” on the unfavorable Standardized Testing and along with that 66% of American parents oppose test scores evaluating or being used to evaluate…

Spirited Away, the anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, depicts a fantasy story of a young girl Chihiro accidentally enters a town ruled by witches and gods. Chihiro need to find a job in order to survive and save her parents who are turned into pigs. During her stay, Chihiro works hard and finally finds a way to save her parents and go back to the real world. In this essay, I want to discuss how does Spirited Away reflected issues of Japanese society in 1990s. Japan experienced strong…

Introduction In this essay we will be looking at how the “housing bubble” greatly affected the market during the 2008 crash. The build up from 2002-2006 is a key subject when discussing monetary policy and the housing market. Furthermore, there are many attributing factors that increased the housing bubble during this time frame, including: applying the Taylor rule, monetary policy, housing market sectors, and short-term low interest rates. The Taylor (1993) Rule, which forecasts interest…

Bubbles in the business world are characterized by rapid expansion and then a following contraction. Enron falsified profits, took extreme risks, and rigged investments, all so that they could increase the size of their bubble. However, the bubble could only grow so large. Some were able to escape the bubble before it popped, but in the end nobody remained unscathed. The Enron bubble is a testament to the need for some regulation. Enron employed many questionable accounting practices to…

the following short answer questions. Provide at least four to six sentences for each response. Be sure to provide support from the readings/videos for your answers. 1) What is the filter bubble, and what positive/negative implications could it have? "The Filter Bubble" reading defines the filter bubble as a filter used by Google to narrow our searches to only ones that best fit us personally. Everyone has their own personalized search list based upon past searches and their individual…

within one small bubble, which is my school. My current high school is incredibly small with only about 490 students in both middle and upper school. My graduating class is one of the largest in recent years and we only have around 69 people. My school has a reputation for being more “liberal” than the other private schools in the city. The majority of people at my school don't have strong religious beliefs and have left-leaning political views, including me. I’ve lived in this bubble for seven…