<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The dissemination of the media has led to the phenomenon of the mediatization of social reality, which in the era of new media has become dominant, because the new media have infiltrated almost every aspect of human functioning. The surprising paradox of the new media is the fact that on the one hand they give access to almost unlimited information, on the other hand they narrow it down extremely. The modern media user, often without realizing it, “uses” only the information that is offered to him by specially selected internet algorithms. Created in this way the so-called “information/filter bubble” condemns him to the only vision of reality - and in the absence of the possibility of verifying his observations what results from the way the new media works - in his opinion the only true one. This is particularly important in creating the vision of social order and the functioning of the state. The mediatisation of Polish social reality - especially in the context of social media - led to the emergence of polarized groups isolated from each other and caused a lack of rational political debate on a number of important social issues.</p></abstract>

The dissemination of the media has led to the phenomenon of the mediatization of social reality, which in the era of new media has become dominant, because the new media have infiltrated almost every aspect of human functioning. The surprising paradox of the new media is the fact that on the one hand they give access to almost unlimited information, on the other hand they narrow it down extremely. The modern media user, often without realizing it, “uses” only the information that is offered to him by specially selected internet algorithms. Created in this way the so-called “information/filter bubble” condemns him to the only vision of reality - and in the absence of the possibility of verifying his observations what results from the way the new media works - in his opinion the only true one. This is particularly important in creating the vision of social order and the functioning of the state. The mediatisation of Polish social reality - especially in the context of social media - led to the emergence of polarized groups isolated from each other and caused a lack of rational political debate on a number of important social issues.

How Facebook Polarizes Public Debate in Poland - Polish Filter Bubble

College of Media and Social Communication at University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów

Social Communication

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The dissemination of the media has led to the phenomenon of the mediatization of social reality, which in the era of new media has become dominant, because the...

How Facebook Polarizes Public Debate in Poland - Polish Filter Bubble

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 45 - 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sc-2019-0008

Keywords
Facebook, filter bubble, narcissism, public debate, Polish public opinion

© 2019 Zofia Sawicka, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

How Facebook Polarizes Public Debate in Poland - Polish Filter Bubble

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 45 - 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sc-2019-0008

KeywordsFacebook, filter bubble, narcissism, public debate, Polish public opinion

© 2019 Zofia Sawicka, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Facebook, filter bubble, narcissism, public debate, Polish public opinion