a reply to 媒體和言論自由能消除謊言嗎？中國網禁是否有其道理

It is interesting we are reading a same report and concern on a similar question. This is also why I launch TalkTone to run an online polling project. If you are interested in this issue, I can find some papers for you.

From a journalist’s perspective, the current report is a bad qualified review, but raises a good question. In social psychology, there are some fundamental studies on information distortion and rumour spread. A classic study was from an Indian earthquake. The researchers found after an earthquake, more rumour or horrible news came from outsider than the earthquake resource. The degree f information distortion is highly correlated to the distance to the resource.

Regarding to China’s internet censorship, principally I accept censorship is necessary for a society, but it should be under the eye of law, not a dynamic policy or a leader’s arbitrary preference. We have not had a well-defined law and regulation to protect freedom of speech and information. The today problem is not rumour. The priory is a law to protect freedom of speech and information.

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• 媒體和言論自由能消除謊言嗎？NO! -讚小田鼠- ♀ (384 bytes) () 08/16/2010 postreply 07:12:52

• 回複：媒體和言論自由能消除謊言嗎？NO! -talktone- ♂ (564 bytes) () 08/16/2010 postreply 08:20:31

• 是沒有非白即黑... -讚小田鼠- ♀ (488 bytes) () 08/16/2010 postreply 09:32:38

• 五十步和一百步，往往是本質區別的。 -talktone- ♂ (162 bytes) () 08/16/2010 postreply 10:21:05

• 中國是法治國家麽？為什麽不是？ -馭風而行- ♀ (18 bytes) () 08/16/2010 postreply 07:42:15

• 在我看來，這不過是媒體人站在自己利益上的看法 -flywhc- ♂ (49 bytes) () 08/16/2010 postreply 07:47:24

• loll, you are cynical on politics -talktone- ♂ (129 bytes) () 08/16/2010 postreply 08:10:53

• 因為現在我代表百姓的心聲：呼喚三俗 -flywhc- ♂ (588 bytes) () 08/16/2010 postreply 11:24:15

• 歡迎FLYWC先貼一些三俗的,讓我們先俗一把 -馬來人- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/16/2010 postreply 16:12:43