How Social Media Silences Debate (Published 2014)

The Internet might be a useful tool for activists and organizers, in episodes from the Arab Spring to the Ice Bucket Challenge. But over all, it has diminished rather than enhanced political participation, according to new data. Social media, like Twitter and Facebook, has the effect of tamping down diversity of opinion and stifling debate about public affairs. It makes people less likely to voice

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SNSをよく使う人ほど、似た考えの人同士で固まり、リアルでは意見の違う人と政治の話をしたがらない傾向にある、とかなんとか