When we use the Internet, we often feel that the whole world is open on our screen. We can search anything on google with a single click and scroll on social media, in such a situation it seems that all the information is in our hands. However, the reality is far different from this. On the Internet or google, we see only that which our language and algorithm want to show us.
Whatever we think, we search in the same way
Actually, the Internet is a place that everyone uses, but every person sees it from a different perspective. Whatever language we think in, we search in the same language on google and we see that thing in the same way on social media. This is the reason that if you use the Internet in hindi or Tamil, then a completely different world opens up in front of you. If someone uses the Internet in english or Spanish, then he sees the picture of the Internet in a different way.
What role does the algorithm play?
In these situations, algorithms play an important role. They show and suggest us only the content that we can easily understand and in which we may be interested. In such a situation, a large part of the Internet is not visible to us. In other words, language acts as a filter for us, and on the other side of that filter, a new face of the Internet is hidden, which we cannot see.
How do people use the Internet?
A research paper by the wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital Public Infrastructure Initiative of Massachusetts Amherst university has revealed this truth. It says that the way the Internet is used in different cultures and languages is very different. For example, in Western countries, social media means reaching more and more people, increasing likes and followers, but in other cultures, the Internet is also used to make small and close relationships.
Our perceptions about the Internet
This is the difference that forces people to think about how limited our perceptions about the Internet are. We just assume that Facebook, Instagram, YouTube or google work the same way everywhere, but in reality they are used completely differently in different countries. Just like music, literature and food are different in every culture, the world of the internet is also different.
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