What is is social media's contribution to educational philosophy?

Riordon wrote:I think the internet has made learning more accessible, but as also limited to bite-sized pieces of knowledge, rather than an understanding of a subject. Buzzfeed, for example, has many of those videos that give lots of fun facts, but with little to no context so it's near meaningless knowledge. Not to mention that the videos are designed to grab your attention with flashy thumbnails and click-bait titles, and hold it their with cheerful music and narration, as well as being rather short so you can end up seeing 30 videos in a row and not realize you've spent hours watching them. All while retaining pretty little information. (I know I've wasted nights I should have been studying doing this)

Riordon wrote:I think the internet has made learning more accessible, but as also limited to bite-sized pieces of knowledge, rather than an understanding of a subject. Buzzfeed, for example, has many of those videos that give lots of fun facts, but with little to no context so it's near meaningless knowledge. Not to mention that the videos are designed to grab your attention with flashy thumbnails and click-bait titles, and hold it their with cheerful music and narration, as well as being rather short so you can end up seeing 30 videos in a row and not realize you've spent hours watching them. All while retaining pretty little information. (I know I've wasted nights I should have been studying doing this)

sophialuna wrote:I think that the internet helps people easily access information that they wouldn't have accessed otherwise. However not every thing on the internet is true. Some media stations have more politically aligned views. In my opinion, people often confuse bias in the media with selective perception. I also agree with Riordon on Buzzfeed