Bill Mitchell — The Twitter Echo Chamber

It is Midweek then only a few things to written report too discuss. I bring noted inwards recent weeks an upsurge inwards the Twitter dissonance well-nigh Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) too diverse statements along the lines that MMT economists are manful soul chauvinists, mindlessly assault other heterodox economists because nosotros are a religious cult, that nosotros thrive on conflict, that only the U.S. of A. of America has a sovereign authorities too more. Quite amazing stuff. And these attacks are coming generally from the so-called heterodox side of the economic science combat although non exclusively. It is quite an interesting practice to elbow grease to empathize the motivations that are driving this social media behaviour. Things that would never locomote said face-to-face are unleashed amongst regularity these days. There appears to locomote a kind of self-reinforcing ‘echo chamber’ that this team locomote inside too it seems to Pb to all sorts of bravado that would locomote absent inwards face-to-face communication. None of the attacks seem to bring whatever heart too soul or foundation. They only reverberate an insecurity amongst the mode that MMT is creating awareness too challenging progressives to locomote progressive. And, they only brand the Tweeters await stupid. I idea I would document roughly of the recent trail of nonsense to permit you lot know what is going on inwards example you lot haven’t been next it. It is a really interesting sociological phenomena.

I concluded roughly fourth dimension agone that next social media is a waste product of time. I can't figure out why on public anyone amongst whatever intelligence would locomote bothered amongst paying attending to it other than equally an interesting historical, sociological too anthropological phenomenon of the so-called data age. Looks similar dissonance to me. I'd characterize social media equally the drivel chamber, adept generally for disseminating mistaken news, conspiracy theory, too propaganda.

Bill Mitchell – billy blog
The Twitter echo chamber
Bill Mitchell | Professor inwards Economics too Director of the Centre of Full Employment too Equity (CofFEE), at University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia