How deep do we really look?
Think about how many times you’ve heard about something on social media how fast you jumped to the conclusion of something you had minimal information on. Social media has become the main source of information for many people around the world. According to a study conducted by the Pew research center in association with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation showed that 63% of people use Twitter and Facebook as their source of information. This is causing us to form biased opinions on topics we never care to research. Police brutality has become a major topic of discussion on social media. How police are attacking minority groups for no apparent reason, that the police are abusing their power. Social media has put police under a magnifying glass making its people form bias opinions on the topic. …show more content…
The damage caused by the early release of information was catastrophic. People rioted on the streets caused damage to private property and other civilians caught in the mess. An article “The final tally of the damage done in ferguson riots” by Patrick Howell O’nell showed all the damage caused by the riots. There were hundreds of shots fired, 13 injuries, 80 arrests, 25 burned down businesses, 12 civilian cars destroyed in one parking lot, 2 police cruisers burned down, 1 death and 3.5 million tweets responding to the event as it was happening. The community joined as one to show that they had had it with police misconduct, but they let social media feed them a story that wasn 't fully written yet. The riot caused more harm than good. People started making judgments on the Ferguson police department and all departments on that note based on that incident that made it onto social media. They didn’t base their judgment on police evidence but the word of an individual that was part of the crime at
Think about how many times you’ve heard about something on social media how fast you jumped to the conclusion of something you had minimal information on. Social media has become the main source of information for many people around the world. According to a study conducted by the Pew research center in association with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation showed that 63% of people use Twitter and Facebook as their source of information. This is causing us to form biased opinions on topics we never care to research. Police brutality has become a major topic of discussion on social media. How police are attacking minority groups for no apparent reason, that the police are abusing their power. Social media has put police under a magnifying glass making its people form bias opinions on the topic. …show more content…
The damage caused by the early release of information was catastrophic. People rioted on the streets caused damage to private property and other civilians caught in the mess. An article “The final tally of the damage done in ferguson riots” by Patrick Howell O’nell showed all the damage caused by the riots. There were hundreds of shots fired, 13 injuries, 80 arrests, 25 burned down businesses, 12 civilian cars destroyed in one parking lot, 2 police cruisers burned down, 1 death and 3.5 million tweets responding to the event as it was happening. The community joined as one to show that they had had it with police misconduct, but they let social media feed them a story that wasn 't fully written yet. The riot caused more harm than good. People started making judgments on the Ferguson police department and all departments on that note based on that incident that made it onto social media. They didn’t base their judgment on police evidence but the word of an individual that was part of the crime at