THE CRITICISM OF PERSONALIZED ONLINE NEWS FEED: ECHO CHAMBER EFFECT, FILTER BUBBLE AND CYBERBALCANIZATION

Abstract

The aim of this research is to explain the concept and types of personalized online news, as well as providing a holistic view by presenting different views on this distinctive feature of the new media with literature review. In this context, the study firstly focuses on the basic working logic of algorithms that primarily provide personalized news content. Subsequently, the assumptions of critical works on the automatic creation of personal news feeds are discussed in the context of echo chamber effect, filter bubble, and cyberbalkanization concepts. Finally, the comparison of different approaches in the literature is provided by presenting the results of empirical studies in which the criticisms are found to be overhyped. The study also describes the technological tools which are developed to solve the problems that may be caused by the personalized news. At the end of the research, it was emphasized that journalistic ethics should be improved to include transparency of technological processes of news personalization as well as media ownership and news content. Media literacy courses have also been proposed to cover these topics.

Keywords

• Echo Chamber Effect,Filter Bubble,Cyberbalkanization,Personalized News,Online Jornalism

Kişiselleştirilmiş Çevrimiçi Haber Akışının Yankı Odası Etkisi, Filtre Balonu ve Siberbalkanizasyon Kavramları Çerçevesinde İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı hem kişiselleştirmiş çevrimiçi haber kavramını ve türlerini açıklamak hem de yeni medyanın ayırt edici bu özelliğine yönelik farklı görüşleri literatür taraması ile serimleyerek bütüncül bir bakış açısı sağlamaktır. Bu kapsamda, çalışmada öncelikle kişiselleştirilmiş haber içerikleri sunan algoritmaların temel çalışma mantığı üzerinde durulmuştur. Ardından kişisel haber akışlarının otomatik oluşturulmasına yönelik eleştirel çalışmaların varsayımları yankı odası etkisi, filtre balonu ve siberbalkanizasyon kavramları bağlamında tartışılmıştır. Son olarak, bu araştırmalardaki eleştirileri iddialı bulan deneysel çalışmaların sonuçları sunularak; literatürdeki farklı yaklaşımların karşılaştırılması sağlanmıştır. Çalışmada ayrıca kişiselleştirilmiş haberlerin neden olabileceği sorunlardan korunmak için geliştirilen teknolojik araçlar da açıklanmıştır. Araştırmanın sonunda, gazetecilik etiğinin medya sahiplik yapısı ve içeriğe yönelik kodların yanı sıra kişiselleştirilmiş haber akışı gibi teknolojik süreçlerin şeffaflığını da içerecek şekilde geliştirilmesi gerektiği vurgulanarak; dijital medya okuryazarlığı derslerinin bu konuları da kapsaması önerilmiştir.  

Keywords

• Yankı Odası Etkisi,Filtre Balonu,Siberbalkanizasyon,Kişiselleştirilmiş Haber,İnternet Gazeteciliği

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