Blogging has changed the way in which people acquire knowledge and justify their beliefs. But are these changes good or bad? Do we know more and do we know differently as a result of blogging? And is it all beneficial for democracy?
Some philosophers have their doubts, but some other thinks that blogging is good news.
As some philosophers put it, the way people is acquiring knowledge is 'epistemically better off' as a result of blogging. That's to say, does blogging give us a better or more reliable knowledge? Or, is the blogosphere's emergence as an alternative to the conventional media, bad news for the epistemic prospects of the voting public?
As some philosophers put it, the way people is acquiring knowledge is 'epistemically better off' as a result of blogging. That's to say, does blogging give us a better or more reliable knowledge? Or, is the blogosphere's emergence as an alternative to the conventional media, bad news for the epistemic prospects of the voting public?
Undeniably, the blogosphere and many aspects of the internet unquestionably have an enormous impact on us now, and I imagine that going back even three decades, one would have a hard time imagining how much of an impact it would have.
The main worry that we might have now would be the impact of the internet including the blogosphere, on what is becoming or spoken of. Perspectively as the demise of the conventional media, and the questions are we better off or worse off. The interesting question is suppose we only had the blogosphere and didn't have the conventional, how well would life be today if compared to an earlier era where we had the conventional media?
The conventional media, newspapers and the like, are for economic reasons on the way out. The blogosphere could really take over the job of the conventional media. Although filtering of information from internet may help, it is still a very slim attempt to refrain netizens from acquiring and forming their own belief from the information they get from internet.
As we looked back at the past, these arguments look extraordinarily quaint from our perspective, and not to say ridiculous, and I think people will look back on this era and these kinds of arguments against the blogosphere in another similar life.
As we looked back at the past, these arguments look extraordinarily quaint from our perspective, and not to say ridiculous, and I think people will look back on this era and these kinds of arguments against the blogosphere in another similar life.
Reading materials:
- All in the mind
- All in the mind
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