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回音室及其对经济与政治结果的影响

Echo Chambers and Their Effects on Economic and Political Outcomes
Annual Review of Economics · 2019 · Gilat Levy、Ronny Razin

中文摘要

本文综述了有关回音室的经济学文献。我们认为,回音室源于两种现象的结合:(a)个人选择与观点相近者聚集隔离,即形成“室”;(b)个人在这些“室”中交流信念时,行为偏误引发极化,即产生“回声”。我们总结了关于这两种现象的文献,并探讨如何将两类文献结合起来,以深入认识回音室对经济与政治结果的影响。最后,我们提出未来研究的可能方向,并讨论缓解回音室的政策干预措施。

Abstract

In this review, we survey the economics literature on echo chambers. We identify echo chambers as arising from a combination of two phenomena: ( a) the choice of individuals to segregate with like-minded ones, i.e., the creation of chambers, and ( b) behavioral biases that induce polarization when individuals exchange beliefs in these chambers, i.e., the echo. We summarize the literatures on these two phenomena and suggest how to combine the two literatures to gain insights about the effects of echo chambers on economic and political outcomes. We end by suggesting pathways for future research and discussing policy interventions to alleviate echo chambers.
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