PLAY PODCASTS
Can you tell if you live in a bubble?

Can you tell if you live in a bubble?

We find out if social media causes polarisation online.

Beyond Today · BBC Radio 4

March 7, 201920m 18s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (open.live.bbc.co.uk) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

It’s often said that we get trapped in online "filter bubbles” or “echo chambers” and that we don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. It’s a convincing narrative - but is it true? And how do you know if you live in one? BBC Media Editor Amol Rajan has been finding out for a series called Crossing Divides.

Producer: Duncan Barber. Editor: John Shields. Mixed by Nico Raufast.