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Social media has huge systematic differences than social interaction elsewhere. And I mean "systematic" in the systems-thinking definition, not the definition
by forgottenpass 8y ago
Social media has huge systematic differences than social interaction elsewhere. And I mean "systematic" in the systems-thinking definition, not the definition used on social media as an adjective interchangeable with "wide-ranging, big deal."
We already see too many journos assume that Twitter is an accurate representation of something more than the people they happen to sample on Twitter acting in the context of Twitter. I'd hate to see the social sciences start making the same mistake.
- DanielBMarkham 8y agoI completely agree. We're in uncharted territory here. Most likely there's a new science being born. For now, however, it's gotta be shoehorned into some other science.