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On Social Media and the Erosion of Conversation

August 29th, 2014 | 4 min read

By Matthew Lee Anderson

Pew's research on social media's effect on people's willingness to undertake conversations is worth pausing to reflect about for a moment.  Active social media use actually decreases people's willingness to share their opinions not simply online, but in other contexts as well.  This is particularly true of people who think their opinions are in the minority, though it happens more generally than that.

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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