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What I want to ask is, to be specific, has the internet helped, through forums such as these or popular sites like youtube, facebook, etc, to radicalize people in terms of political perspectives? Or has it done the opposite?
is it possible that despite greater connectivity and unprecendented capacity to share ideas and information, the internet through the aforementioned means, backfired? With people being unable or undesiring a discussion but rather a validation of what they already believed. And when presented with the opposite of their belief, they radicalize more?
And I am not talking about religion here. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF THE DISCUSSION DO NOT TURN THIS THREAD INTO:
-A RELIGIOUS DEBATE
-A WW2 DISCUSSION
-A COMMUNISM/FASCISM/AND SUCH DISCUSSION.
So nothing that pulls the conversation into an extreme direction.
I'm aiming at something closer to home here. So. Has the internet radicalized political perception on things? Instead of growing the middle ground and bringing people together, people have used the internet to solidify their own positions and hold fast. Build up walls behind favorable information and preferential documentation, ignoring the rest. Am I making it clear? Because if not, you know, I'll rectify this.
Don't forget to vote in the poll. Don't ask what poll, it takes a few mins before it gets put up. Thank you.
is it possible that despite greater connectivity and unprecendented capacity to share ideas and information, the internet through the aforementioned means, backfired? With people being unable or undesiring a discussion but rather a validation of what they already believed. And when presented with the opposite of their belief, they radicalize more?
And I am not talking about religion here. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF THE DISCUSSION DO NOT TURN THIS THREAD INTO:
-A RELIGIOUS DEBATE
-A WW2 DISCUSSION
-A COMMUNISM/FASCISM/AND SUCH DISCUSSION.
So nothing that pulls the conversation into an extreme direction.
I'm aiming at something closer to home here. So. Has the internet radicalized political perception on things? Instead of growing the middle ground and bringing people together, people have used the internet to solidify their own positions and hold fast. Build up walls behind favorable information and preferential documentation, ignoring the rest. Am I making it clear? Because if not, you know, I'll rectify this.
Don't forget to vote in the poll. Don't ask what poll, it takes a few mins before it gets put up. Thank you.