Blogs, Social Media and Political InCivility
Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit and UT College of Law
Introduction by Dr. Mike Fitzgerald
March 23, 7:00P.M.
Toyota Auditorium
Live via webcast: http://tinyurl.com/yzkroa7
The role of blogs and social media as relates to civility in the political process.
Specifically how blogs and social media create both an opportunity for
increased participation in dialogue about policy issues and increased the
polarization of policy issues and incivility. Dr. Mike Fitzgerald will discuss the
shift from political dialogue characteristic of civil partisanship, which resulted
in bi-partisan policy, to the current political atmosphere of incivility and a lack
of cooperation. Reynolds will talk about how blogs and other forms of social
media can be both an effective and ineffective tool in debate.
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