Are the opinions that you sympathize with on Twitter and Facebook really general?
In everyday life, we rarely encounter people who make political opinions or extreme discourses, but when we use SNS such as Twitter and Facebook, we see a lot of political opinions. Axios, an overseas media, explains the reason why such a contradiction occurs.
The new silent majority: People who don't tweet
Axios introduces the survey result that '75% of Americans do not use Twitter' as the first premise to know when thinking about discourse on SNS. Twitter users make up only 25% of the population, so even if hostile opinions are widely shared on Twitter, not all people have a hostile sensibility.
In addition, the conservative media ' Fox News ', which is known to have been biased toward Donald Trump during the 2020 US presidential election, seems to be viewed by many Americans, but in 2022 A January survey found that even during golden hours on weekdays, only about 2.24 million people (about 0.7% of the American population) watch Fox News.
In addition to the above findings, Axios said, 'If you dig into the data, most Americans are friendly,' citing the findings that '56% of Americans have donated money to charities since March 2020.' It can be said that it is a target. '
Looking at American news, it seems that Americans are divided into Democratic and Republican supporters. However, a political party approval rating survey by research firm Gallup reveals that as of 2021, the majority of nonpartisan supporters are Democratic supporters: 29%, Republican supporters: 27%, and nonpartisan: 42%.
From the above results, Axios tends to share the opinions of a small number of loud voices widely on SNS, but in reality, the opinions of Americans are not so divided and it is possible that there are many people with intermediate ideas. It points out that there is sex.
Hacker News, a news sharing service, said, 'I started Twitter to communicate with the engineers I admire, but on Twitter,' likes 'and retweets have brought politically extreme opinions to the timeline. Dissatisfaction with the SNS system such as 'Masu' and 'Before, I did not have many opportunities to come into contact with the political opinions of others. I've come to see it. '
The new silent majority: People who don't tweet | Hacker News
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30603801
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