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 ----------------------------------------- Group home for Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire: http://groups.dowire.org/groups/newswire Replies go to members of Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire with all posts on this topic here: http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/5FdZJezI6SXrRudkya9ozg For digest version or to leave Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire, email [email protected] with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire is hosted by Democracies Online - http://dowire.org.
