social media and democracy - AllTwitter http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter The Unofficial Twitter Resource Copyright 2013 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:30:34 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Are Twitter And Facebook Good For Democracy? [INFOGRAPHIC] As the use of social media has grown in the United States, so too has students’ appreciation for the First Amendment, suggests a new study by Knight Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting journalism and supporting communities across the USA.

However, teachers aren’t quite as positive about the merits of platforms such as Twitter and Facebook as their students – almost half believe that social media actually harms the learning process.

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]]> Shea Bennett http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-media-democracy_b14389#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-media-democracy_b14389 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=14389 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:10:08 +0000