SOCIAL MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY

“Especially for young people who are in school, it’s so important for them to be critical thinkers,” she said. “They’re going to have to learn over time about who has a good history of providing accurate information – and who doesn’t. That way, you learn for yourself. The more you go and visit and are on the ground and see things in real life for yourself, or follow people who do, the more you’re going to know and form opinions for yourself.”

While social media has a history of being a conduit for misinformation, it also has a history of documenting important events, from which sound opinions can be formed, she said.

“So I think social media allows you to do that,” Comstock said. “Even if you can’t afford to go on some trip to the Middle East, you can go online and watch and hear from various experts who are on the ground, who will tell you things. And you can hear from somebody who’s on the Palestinian side and somebody who’s on the Israeli side.”

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