latest issue of IEEE Computer I found an interesting article The Promise and Peril of Social Computing , in which he introduces a new monthly column will be treated from a critical standpoint, the phenomenon of social computing , and of course the social network are essential.
I was intrigued and very interested in Figure 1 (reproduced below) which shows the link between many U.S. blog of different political orientations: liberal (blue) and conservative (red). It is clear that there is a strong link between concentration of blogs with similar political views, while the two half-balls (or half-blogospheres) are almost disconnected from each other.
The tendency is then to speak to people who think like us, and listen only to people who think [already] like us. The social network is not so much to create new connections, how to strengthen existing groups (and if we create "barriers" are even stronger when it is most difficult to enter a highly cohesive group already).
is discussed so much lack of communication through family, work, social. We were able to create even the lack of communication on social networks. After all, since man invented the language, he also invented dialects and inflections, which are there to tell who is and who is not in my group.
And then, tomorrow we will see a little 'extra care to maintain a more open and criticism on blogs we read. Red or blue.
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