We learned this past week in class about blogs and why people read them. According to the article we read, most people read blogs that they can agree with. conservatives read conservative blogs and liberals read liberal blogs. We call these kind of blog readers carnivores since they read blogs in order to get the "red meat" that they are searching for. Omnivores on the other hand are those readers who read blogs both on the right and the left of the spectrum.
It is sad that there are so few omnivores out there. It shows us that people are stubborn and close-minded when it comes to politics. Even if you disagree with the other side, what is the harm in reading their opinion on an issue? As Noah said in his blog "Media, Politics, and Lebron dunking on Jerry Stackhouse", people find it easier to make things black and white. Too many people think they are absolutely, completely right and anyone who disagrees is absolutely, completely wrong. It is a shame so many people are like this. Not only do they disagree, but they are reluctant to even hear what the other side has to say.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Facebook and the battle of good vs. evil
A facebook page calling for the third Palestinian Intifada was recently taken down by facebook. The page encouraged Palestinian’s to take to the streets after Friday prayers on may 15th and use violence against Jews. “Judgment day will be brought upon us only once the Muslims have killed all of the Jews” was the rallying call of the page. The page had 350,000 “likes” before it was finally removed. This shows us the pros and cons of new social media tools like facebook. Clearly, Facebook is something that can be used for tremendous good, but when a page like this is created and actually gains so much support it is really quite frightening. Since the removal of this page, others just like it have popped up. It is important that we recognize that facebook is a tool that can be used not only for good but for horrible, evil things as well.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/03/29/palestinian.facebook/index.html
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