> To make matters worse, social media is a poor platform for getting people to understand opposing views. Another Pew study found that only 20 percent of users modified their stance on a social or political issue because of what they saw on social media. ...
OK, but did people "modify their stance on a social or political issue" due to newspapers? TV? Or did they just pay attention to things that reinforced their existing biases?
There may be a good criticism of FB, but this isn't it. And a scientific study (not sure what that would look like, but whatever) might well show the opposite.
> To make matters worse, social media is a poor platform for getting people to understand opposing views. Another Pew study found that only 20 percent of users modified their stance on a social or political issue because of what they saw on social media. ...
OK, but did people "modify their stance on a social or political issue" due to newspapers? TV? Or did they just pay attention to things that reinforced their existing biases?
There may be a good criticism of FB, but this isn't it. And a scientific study (not sure what that would look like, but whatever) might well show the opposite.