{"id":114284,"date":"2021-06-23T13:51:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T08:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=114284"},"modified":"2021-06-23T13:52:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T08:22:53","slug":"social-media-is-a-distraction-undeserving-of-so-much-sound-and-fury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/social-media-is-a-distraction-undeserving-of-so-much-sound-and-fury\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media is a distraction, undeserving of so much sound and fury"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Context<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: Recently, government withdrew Twitter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/safe-harbour-protection-for-twitter-withdrawn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">safe\u00a0harbour<\/a>\u00a0status, and\u00a0In the Parliament standing committee on IT, Members of parliament reportedly \u201cgrilled\u201d Twitter officials. Author argues that too much attention is being given to Twitter.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Why\u00a0government\u00a0shouldn\u2019t\u00a0focus too much on Twitter?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"72\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"169\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source of fake and\u00a0unverified\u00a0info<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">:\u00a0Twitter is a chaotic\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">echo chamber<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, which is not a source of verified information.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"72\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"23\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Twitter and social media simply do not\u00a0provide\u00a0fact-checked,\u00a0reliable\u00a0and accountable information that media outlets are duty bound to provide.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"72\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"170\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">No evidence that Twitter impacts election results<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">:\u00a0There\u2019s\u00a0also almost no evidence that Twitter influences election results in India.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"72\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"24\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">A study by Michigan University\u2019s\u00a0Joyojeet\u00a0Pal and team has found that in 2021 Bengal polls, while several winning candidates have active Twitter profiles, a large Twitter following has little or no impact on electability \u2013 as shown by the defeat of various celebrity candidates.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What is the best way forward?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The primary responsibility to control and regulate Twitter is on the tech giant itself. Twitter itself must make sure that the freedom it\u00a0provides\u00a0is not abused and its service\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0descend\u00a0cause problems.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"74\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"171\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">It\u00a0can be done by\u00a0putting in place a\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">robust self-regulatory mechanism<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">. The\u00a0failure to do so\u00a0opens up\u00a0a window for the political class to step in. This can lead to\u00a0partisan censorship and real threats to free speech.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Conclusion<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Excessive government intervention is always bad. It can help by creating a regulatory ecosystem with all\u00a0involving all stakeholders.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Terms to know<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"75\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"172\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Echo chamber<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/blogs\/bloody-mary\/beware-the-twitter-trap-social-media-is-a-distraction-undeserving-of-so-much-sound-and-fury-whether-from-govts-or-the-media\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Times of India<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: Recently, government withdrew Twitter\u2019s safe\u00a0harbour\u00a0status, and\u00a0In the Parliament standing committee on IT, Members of parliament reportedly \u201cgrilled\u201d Twitter officials. Author argues that too much attention is being given to Twitter.\u00a0\u00a0 Why\u00a0government\u00a0shouldn\u2019t\u00a0focus too much on Twitter?\u00a0 Source of fake and\u00a0unverified\u00a0info:\u00a0Twitter is a chaotic\u00a0echo chamber, which is not a source of verified information.\u00a0 Twitter and social&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/social-media-is-a-distraction-undeserving-of-so-much-sound-and-fury\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Social media is a distraction, undeserving of so much sound and fury<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,8043,9],"tags":[216,8146,5305,8147],"class_list":["post-114284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-current-affairs-cat","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-safe-harbour-status","tag-social-media","tag-twitter","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700791296,"cached_date":1704705300},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}