a reply to 媒体和言论自由能消除谎言吗？中国网禁是否有其道理

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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• 媒体和言论自由能消除谎言吗？NO! -赞小田鼠- ♀ (384 bytes) () 08/16/2010 postreply 07:12:52

• 回复：媒体和言论自由能消除谎言吗？NO! -talktone- ♂ (564 bytes) () 08/16/2010 postreply 08:20:31

• 是没有非白即黑... -赞小田鼠- ♀ (488 bytes) () 08/16/2010 postreply 09:32:38

• 五十步和一百步，往往是本质区别的。 -talktone- ♂ (162 bytes) () 08/16/2010 postreply 10:21:05

• 中国是法治国家么？为什么不是？ -驭风而行- ♀ (18 bytes) () 08/16/2010 postreply 07:42:15

• 在我看来，这不过是媒体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

• 因为现在我代表百姓的心声：呼唤三俗 -flywhc- ♂ (588 bytes) () 08/16/2010 postreply 11:24:15

• 欢迎FLYWC先贴一些三俗的,让我们先俗一把 -马来人- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/16/2010 postreply 16:12:43