Blogs are Echo Chambers: Blogs are Echo Chambers

In the last decade, blogs have exploded in number, popularity and scope. However, many commentators and researchers speculate that blogs isolate readers in echo chambers, cutting them off from dissenting opinions. Our empirical paper tests this hypothesis. Using a hand-coded sample of over 1,000 comments from 33 of the world’s top blogs, we find that agreement outnumbers disagreement in blog comments by more than

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: HICSS
• Authors: Eric Gilbert, Tony Bergstrom, Karrie Karahalios
• Keywords: Agreement Outnumbers Disagreement, Biometrics, Blogs Isolate Readers, Empirical Paper Tests, HICSS 2009, System Sciences