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Internet Cocoons
Internet cocoons is first being created by Cass R. Sunstein in 2006. This concept originally means that “communication universes in which we hear only what we choose and only what comforts us and pleases us” (Sunstein, 2006, p.9). It would further be interpreted as the selective exposure to the personalized information brought by the media. Media users or named as media agents are cemented with enclosed space within the media environment. Eco chambers and filter bubbles are some of the relevant concepts.

Debates about the existence of Internet Cocoons
Some scholars such as Dubois and Blank, they argues that users could also read and watch a wide diversities of media since there is a highly liberal media environment. Besides, researchers like Webster and his colleagues found that although citizens would tend to accept information that is favorable or like-minded to them, they do not reject receiving disagreeable information.

However, there are also some findings suggested the existence of Internet Cocoons. For examples, Iyengar and Hahn (2007) discovered that people's political beliefs are the main factor in selecting which media outlets to read. Besides, people are more likely to have the same political views with the media outlets they explode to.

Cultural and social factors
Some research examine the cultural and social factors that positively affect the origin of Internet Cocoons. One investigation studies the relation of social class with the internet cocoons. The results: the higher the social class of one person, the high possibility for him/her to be less likely being absorbed with limited information. It means that the impacts of internet cocoons are weaken. Additionally, if people are receiving less entertainment information, they are more likely to be a critical reader which means that they will be less likely to be surrounded with the internet cocoons.

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