信息茧房

信息繭房

xìnxījiǎnfáng

noun

Meanings

1 information cocoon
2 echo chamber
3 filter bubble

Characters

information, trust

Examples

算法推荐容易让人陷入信息茧房。

Suànfǎ tuījiàn róngyì ràng rén xiànrù xìnxī jiǎnfáng.

Algorithmic recommendation easily traps people in an information cocoon.

想打破信息茧房，就多看不同来源的新闻。

Xiǎng dǎpò xìnxī jiǎnfáng, jiù duō kàn bùtóng láiyuán de xīnwén.

To break out of your information cocoon, read news from varied sources.

Tips

culture

Translates Cass Sunstein's 'information cocoon' (2006). Became mainstream in Chinese tech discourse around 2016 with the rise of algorithm-driven feeds (Toutiao, Douyin). The 茧 (cocoon) metaphor is vivid: the user is the silkworm spinning itself in.

usage

Verb collocations: 陷入信息茧房 (fall into), 打破信息茧房 (break out of).

Stroke Order

信 xìn

息 xī

茧 jiǎn

房 fáng