Thinking Critically About: The Internet as Social Amplifier

Thinking Critically About: The Internet as Social Amplifier

Within the internet’s echo chamber of the like-minded, views become more extreme. Sometimes that phenomenon can work for good, sometimes for bad.

1.  How does the internet amplify our existing attitudes?

2. The internet is sometimes referred to as a dangerous “echo chamber.” What does this mean? Is this always a dangerous effect? Explain.