Plato's View Of Twitter

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In modern media, there are a variety of methods of communication that were not available during the times of Plato, however in stating his opinions on communication, one can infer as to what his opinions would be on these new methods of communications. Twitter is one of these new forms of communication, which allows the worldwide community to communicate a variety of beliefs, photographs, and humor with each other in under forty characters. Plato would have several critiques and interpretations of this mode of communication, some of which would deal with photo sharing and the responses, subtweets, and interpretation of humorous and serious content. Overall, Plato would have had a more negative view of twitter, as there are many critiques of

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