Pew Report: Social Media and the ‘Spiral of Silence’ http://bit.ly/silentspiral
Guardian article: Facebook and Twitter users 'more likely' to censor their views offline Pew study warns about ‘spiral of silence’ in US discussion of Edward Snowden’s NSA online surveillance revelations http://bit.ly/guardianselfcensor On a related note, from my analysis of a past Pew survey, see slides 17, 18, and 19 - there is huge drop off in the ideological middle of those who talk politics offline still willing to do it online. http://bit.ly/newvoicesslides My take - the "loudest voices" problem and the lack of civility practiced by thunderous partisans make online political discussion quite uninviting for many. My view is that once you frame online discussion as say city politics versus broader community life/community issues exchange you lose 98% of potential participants. Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072 ᐧ ᐧ -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
