# Digital Echo Chambers in Emergencies: How Social Media Amplifies Polarization During Health and Disaster Events

> How social media intensifies polarization during pandemics, natural disasters and armed conflicts, and how echo chambers differ from filter bubbles.

URL: https://urisamet.com/library/digital-echo-chambers-emergencies/

[Library](https://urisamet.com/library/) / ResearchUri Samet. Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances, 20(3), 198–211, 2024
[Read the paper](https://doi.org/10.30574/gjeta.2024.20.3.0185) [On Academia](https://www.academia.edu/143527630/Digital_echo_chambers_in_emergencies_How_social_media_amplifies_polarization_during_health_and_disaster_events)

## 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

DOI
[10.30574/gjeta.2024.20.3.0185](https://doi.org/10.30574/gjeta.2024.20.3.0185)

### 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

## More research…
[WJARR, 2026 A GEO-First Framework: Integrating Search Visibility, Sentiment, and Digital Authority for Organic Growth in the AI Era](https://urisamet.com/library/geo-first-framework/) [JETIR, 2025 From Noise to Narrative: Building Reputation in AI-Dominated Search and Discovery Environments](https://urisamet.com/library/from-noise-to-narrative/) [WJAETS, 2025 The Positive Influence of Large Language Models on Fact-Checking Practices: A Case Study of Grok](https://urisamet.com/library/llms-fact-checking-grok/)
[All 8 papers in the library](https://urisamet.com/library/#research)

## Contact
Send a private enquiry at https://urisamet.com/contact/ (or with the WebMCP tool `send_enquiry` on any page of this site).