Digital Echo Chambers in Emergencies: How Social Media Amplifies Polarization During Health and Disaster Events
Uri Samet. Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances, 20(3), 198–211, 2024
In short…
How social media intensifies polarization during pandemics, natural disasters and armed conflicts, and how echo chambers differ from filter bubbles.
With COVID-19 as the main case, it shows how closed information environments spread false claims, weaken trust in institutions and slow joint responses.
It calls for platforms, policymakers and communicators to work together to limit the harm and rebuild a shared picture during crises.
- Digital Echo Chambers
- Social Media Polarization
- Health Communication
- Disaster Misinformation
- Crisis Communication
- Journal
- Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances
- Issue
- Volume 20, Issue 3, pages 198–211
- Published
- September 2024
Cite
Samet, U. (2024). Digital Echo Chambers in Emergencies: How Social Media Amplifies Polarization During Health and Disaster Events. Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances, 20(3), 198–211. https://doi.org/10.30574/gjeta.2024.20.3.0185