1. Social Media
at the Crossroads
David Weinberger Ph.D.
self@evident.com
Harvard Berkman Center
for Internet & Society
Senior Researcher
US State Department
Franklin Fellow
This talk does not represent the views of the State Dept.
June 3, 2010
35. Does the Net narrow us?
Centralized News
Major Headline
Smaller Feature
News Story
Local Quirky
News StoryIf it’s important,
Eat Your Broccoli
Stories
it will find me
36. Cass Sunstein
Echo Chambers further
convince us we’re right
…and move us to extremes
38. Tough data
Look at links or behavior?
Does it vary by socio-
economics? Politics? etc.
Mythologized past?
Over-estimation of role of
diversity
Social role of echo chambers