tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post4569802354520644025..comments2024-03-14T12:42:51.995+00:00Comments on Chris Whiteside's Blog: How social media is at risk of undermining democracyChris Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-46740263306826523862016-11-15T01:11:07.367+00:002016-11-15T01:11:07.367+00:00It's absolutely not people doing more research...It's absolutely not people doing more research and having more sources of information which I have a problem with - I regard that as a very good thing.<br /><br />It only becomes a problem if people use that greater variety to select new sources which tell thing things they want to hear and stop listening to sources which tell them things they don't want to hear.<br /><br />If people fall into that trap the problem of confirmation bias will become much worse and society far more divided.Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-50032252308916072482016-11-14T20:58:40.779+00:002016-11-14T20:58:40.779+00:00To be fair, I dont think that information breaks ...To be fair, I dont think that information breaks democracy,<br /><br />if anything it gears them up to do some research and actually achieve it.<br /><br />I always thought it would come something like <a href="http://harrogateagenda.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">this</a><br /><br />But, as always I am the first to admit when wrong, and something like <a href="http://www.dd4uk.com/" rel="nofollow">this</a> may actually be the winner.<br /><br />Either way, people being lead to information, leading them to research it, is actually a very good thing. Politicians and Media outlets telling people what they should think, well that was always going to break democracy to be honest with you.<br />Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.com