Echo Chambers: Between Empirical Research and New Theoretical Approaches
Emerson R. C. Palmieri
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Open peer commentary on the article “Reconstructing Reality: How Radical Constructivism Unravels Echo Chambers in Online Platforms” by Alessandro Martinisi. Abstract: In my commentary, I address two major issues of the article: (a) The lack of consideration of the empirical literature on echo chambers, and (b) the solutions discussed by Martinisi, which do not solve the main epistemological feature of an echo chamber as a system. I also discuss some minor issues.
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Palmieri E. R. C. (2025) Echo chambers: Between empirical research and new theoretical approaches. Constructivist Foundations 21(1): 64–66. https://constructivist.info/21/1/064
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Palmieri E. R. C. (2025) Echo chambers: Between empirical research and new theoretical approaches. Constructivist Foundations 21(1): 64–66. https://constructivist.info/21/1/064
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