Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Filter Bubbles Pt. 2 10/3

After watching the video on filter bubbles the other week, I decided that filter bubbles were not a big deal after all. If you do not like them, there are multiple ways you can turn them off so that they will no longer bother you. Today I am being asked could the basic idea of a filter bubble apply to the different databases? My answer is yes. I say yes to this after using the PsychInfo database and the Criminal Justice Periodical Index. When i searched for information in the PyschInfo database on criminal minds, the first words that popped up were minds, murderer, etc. These words had stuff to do with the actual, physical serial killer. But when I used the Criminal Justice Periodical Index the first words that popped up were profiling, psychotic, etc. These words have to do more with the Criminal Justice System, not with the actual killer. As you can see, this is a very big deal when it comes down to researching for my topic. I want to get information that is exactly on my topic. Not things that have a relation to my topic. So this is how filter bubbles can apply to different databases.

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