Social Media - Arguing: fun or futile‪?‬ Eggshells

Today we talk about disagreeing on social media. We couldn't not cover it right? It's where all the bile and emotions live. But in this episode, Hannah and Lizzie find reasons for serious optimism.

*Since the recording of this episode Twitter has been bought by Elon Musk. We touch on Twitter and whether or not it has a responsibility to monitor or better regulate “free speech”. Here are a couple of articles that provide further information: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61222470

Guest bios:

Raymi Ortuste Quiroga https://www.theeggshellspodcast.com/team-1/raymi-ortuste-quiroga

Duncan Fraser - https://www.theeggshellspodcast.com/team-1/duncan-fraser

Nushy Rose: https://www.theeggshellspodcast.com/team-1/nushy-rose

Georgia Lockwood Estrin: https://www.theeggshellspodcast.com/team-1/georgia-lockwood-estrin


Belief Polarization: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/political-polarization-in-the-american-public/
Nushy references how a very high proportion of both Republicans & Democrats now believe that violence against the other side is justified: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/01/1-3-americans-say-violence-against-government-can-be-justified-citing-fears-political-schism-pandemic/
Don’t Look Up movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314/
The Blind Boy podcast, episode on social media: https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/a-mental-health-plan-for-when-the-news-is-overwhelming

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