media bubble
[ mee-dee-uh-buhb-uhl ]
/ ˈmi di ə ˌbʌb əl /
noun
an environment in which one’s exposure to news, entertainment, social media, etc., represents only one ideological or cultural perspective and excludes or misrepresents other points of view: voters living in a left-wing media bubble;college campuses that foster an antiestablishment media bubble;Blockbuster superhero films dominated the media bubble last summer.
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“I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right. I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference.”
Also called information bubble .
Origin of media bubble
First recorded in 1970–75
Words nearby media bubble
medfly, Medford, Med. Gr., media, Media Atropatene, media bubble, media center, mediacy, mediad, mediaeval, media event
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