[governance] Another view of Social Media and Multistakeholderism??

[Ian Peter]

Interesting article, Deirdre.

I guess the primary question is whether the right to provide misinformation should belong only to Murdoch, licensed media and shock jocks or whether it should be available to all of us. The instances above and many others were also carried by some mainstream media during this particular crisis and there are of course many other examples where we jump to conclusions – and to retaliation - based on misinformation. Iraq wars come to mind...and they are probably as old as McCarthyism and even Middle Ages witch burning and Inquisitions.

I don’t know how we improve critical thinking faculties in human behaviour. They were lacking before the Internet as well of course. I don’t think the Internet or social media either aid or abet this deep seated fear based flaw in human thinking and subsequent behaviour.

Ian Peter

From: Deirdre Williams 
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 10:25 AM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org 
Subject: [governance] Another view of Social Media and Multistakeholderism??

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22214511 
Deirdre


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“The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979 


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