%0 Journal Article %T From pretended knowledge to echo chamber and information overload. A short review of media fears %A Furman, Wojciech %J Media Research Issues %V 2018 %R 10.4467/22996362PZ.18.014.9109 %N Volume 61, Issue 2 (234) %P 201-208 %K social media, information bubble, abundance of messages, media impact %@ 0555-0025 %D 2018 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zeszyty-prasoznawcze/article/od-pozornej-wiedzy-do-komory-poglosowej-i-nadmiaru-informacji-krotki-przeglad-strachow-medialnych %X There are statements that social media close the audience in information bubbles and that we live in conditions of excess media coverage. Such statements are not new at all. Only the social media are new. As long as the media are new and little-known, it is easy to convince the recipients about the strong impact of media messages.