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The thesis of this article explores the idea: "After studying how people shared 1.25 million stories during the campaign, a team of researchers at M.I.T. and H
by clumsysmurf 10y ago
The thesis of this article explores the idea:
"After studying how people shared 1.25 million stories during the campaign, a team of researchers at M.I.T. and Harvard implicated Facebook and Twitter in the larger failure of media in 2016."
This is one problem, but according to Nicholas Carr the problem might be deeper and more fundamental : "free-flowing information makes personal and cultural differences more salient, turning people against one another instead of bringing them together."
http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2017/04/21/how-technology-created-global-village-and-put-each-other-throats/pu7MyoAkdyVComb9aKyu6K/story.html http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2017/04/21/how-technology-c...
- cubano 10y agoWell of course..It's the echo chamber effect that's been discussed since the 90's. I didn't read the article because, frankly, I have no interest in Zuck's pointifications ... He created a 900lb gorilla and sometimes the beast is gonna wreck havoc. Nothing with the deep social significance of FB can skate through culture without ripping up a few roads. I think it's much ado about nothing and is nothing but the new normal.
- olleromam91 10y agoThe free-flowing information is not exactly "free" flowing though. All content is logistically tailored by the corporations and presented to it's user with the goal of maximizing profits.