Can social networks shape public opinion? Who really directed? Urueña
Here's a debate that continues to gain momentum in our world dominated by information overload, by the spectacular development of social networks and constantly changes and rearrangements observed in public opinion, thereby impact on political behavior. A debate also is justified when there are few people in the cyber landscape allude to the growing impact of Internet in politics , considering it a tool for mobilizing mass, able to articulate the reactions of people geographically dispersed and, instantly, link their positions and intentions in an effort to also immediately shared projects, sometimes with great resonance in the public space. Not surprisingly, therefore, Abdur Chowdhury, one of the leaders of the research team of Twitter, has even suggested that it would be very difficult to understand the trends that govern the world without the help of Twitter.
However, to what extent we can say that the chain reactions that occurred as a result of debate and vote on Sinde Law on 21 December, when the website of the Congress of Deputies had an unusual attack denial of service, can pass, with the intensity that his players would like, in orientation of civic attitudes? How Anonymous initiatives such as AB, who uses Facebook, they can change the perception of a problem, or how to interpret the purpose reagents through its virtual protests, as alleged in the case report? How effective is, ultimately, these very dense patterns of information flows in which thousands come together friends and supporters, and at the time they become powerful sources of information on their shareholders, not to mention the fact that often limit, when no substitute, contacts and personal relationships?
delicate topic with many gray areas, the said public opinion is still controversial, unresolved . Perhaps the matter could be settled by saying, as Pierre Bourdieu does, that "public opinion does not exist", but the truth is that social and political behaviors do reflect mainstream practice guidelines, Options bias one way or another, As democracy becomes public opinion-be it so or otherwise - on popular will, endowed with real political impact.
The reality is, in fact, that this view is built on a consistent basis, supported by large flows of information and opinion whose origin is nothing accidental or incidental but rather appears as the result of a gradually built from messages, thoughts, ideas, debates and content, grounded both in the particular experience of each and the mechanisms responsible for the information load, largely controlled by media lobbyists who manipulate at will or oriented in the direction of most interest to the dominant groups. And that is the importance of public opinion is so important that those who have interests to defend strive to influence it through communication strategies increasingly sophisticated and subtle.
Against this dominant mode of intervention in the information system, powerfully organized and structured large-scale, understand - is a simple point of view - that Social networks play a minor role in most cases, if not in all (at least so far) has been limited to convene mobilization campaigns more or less successful, with a strong technological impact, but with low impact medium term in the formation of the criteria that shape public opinion true, and that's what matters, political dimension.
luxurious spaces are not needed or great delicacies to enjoy the pleasures of good food. Anywhere warm, no matter how modest, is used to meet the goal really is to: enjoy the company craved for, under it, to unleash the multitude of issues that may emerge on a rainy afternoon in January, without assessed prior script no time. This has happened a few days ago in the town of Uruena there Valladolid well known to the walled enclosure that sets it apart in the distance, clearly highlight the edge of the Montes de Torozos, stunning countryside on Earth de Campos. It has launched an interesting cultural experience ( The Villa Book ), generously supported by public money, mostly fueled by the initiative of a group active, enthusiastic and enterprising people, lovers book and the most authentic handicrafts, have risked their own money and effort in setting up commercial establishments characterized by the common denominator of culture based on the book of life and in good taste.
What day did not prevent unpleasant encounter with Diego Fernández Magdaleno , and Madrigal Rosa Iglesias Borja Santos Porras . They cite the case, following an alphabetical order, as absurd to establish priority among those who are deserving of equal recognition and admiration. Share table and tablecloth for several hours, largely locked by the taste and the fans around the music, which all have had and have much to say, more than their sensibilities extend far beyond the horizons of the sounds that move.
Sitting in Urueña. Needless to say who is who
Let us examine briefly. Diego, professor of piano at the Conservatory of Valladolid, just been awarded the National Prize of Music 2010, under their interpretation . I think I was one of the first to congratulate you and I have not stopped doing since. Riosecano so surprised that a young person has achieved this level of excellence in the impressive craft of an accomplished pianist and quality that overwhelms . Its merit is not only the mastery of technique, which manifests with spectacular brilliance, but in its efforts to inform contemporary composers, of which the public hardly knows anything and that, thanks to Diego, have been incorporated into the repertoires that enrich rooms of the most diverse. Above Diego is a poet and author of several works that exude a sensibility worthy of being valued. And pompous as they come, brought gifts for everyone.
This evening I met Rosa Iglesias, friend Diego. And the truth is that it was a discovery. Soon I realized what it meant, soon know what he has done and what he does. Bachelor of Medicine, his area of \u200b\u200bactivity and illusions are projected on the development of a cultural initiative that should not go unnoticed. Is the architect and instigator of the Music Foundation Open, which is based in Urueña, and designed with a more than laudable purposes, among which the purpose of facilitating musical learning People with disability issues. At the time, carefully edited musical documents are real gems. This is the case of "The Little Horses ," a collection of lullabies with Enrique Bernaldo de Quirós to the piano and the voice of mezzo-soprano Anne Hassler, and that shaped the works of Chopin, Liszt, Richard Strauss, Manuel de Falla and Federico García Lorca, among others of the highest level. Urueña live in, in a house built in adobe unmistakable and where it has installed and operates a traditional toy store called Street (East 9) where he lives.
And what about Santos Borja, whom I have already alluded several times in this blog ? I confess it is one of the most impressive people I've met who I consider, from the perspective that gives me the experience, one of the most reputable of the best of our youth. Telecommunications Engineer, has guided his life in service of the noblest causes. I knew him when he worked for the United Nations in Ecuador, as an expert in natural hazards, which led him to get to know the country to pass on extraordinary images and impressive as befits a lover, at the same time qualified professional photography. When he returned to Spain, organized a presentation on his experience in Ecuador I had the honor to submit, believing that this was a show that far exceeds conventional photographic exhibit. His commitment to the causes of the disadvantaged remains intact. After a period of activity in English Agency for Cooperation , soon leave for Ethiopia in the east African country's untamed. A new life and countless experiences to be discovered. I advised to keep a diary, you write some notes, which black and white put everything there is to see and discover. I will closely follow the ups and downs Ethiopian Borja, I presume it will go a long way. And if you do well for this society, which will be a lot, I embarnece with a collection of breathtaking photographs, what more you can ask someone who is aware of the problems of his time although he was never going the smile on his face.
Santos Borja Stock
From all this, and much more, there was talk in the evening Urueña. It was raining with flood in the walled town, while, in the silence of the environment, we come to visit for a moment Library Alcaraván before entering this magical room filled Rosa has built wooden toys and crafts of many colors that come alive when she speaks. At the exit, Borja immortalized a stretch of wall, under the shadows of that evening of January 4, 2011, barely into the second decade of the century.
difficult to take the picture that hangs over the world information and everything associated with it will, especially if the product is valued as a valuable and enriching, open to debate plural and respectful of ideas and the honesty of the analysis, the quality form pass. Who we are still addicted to newspapers, radio programs maintained by professionals fleeing the insult and vulgarity or from television that bring us closer to reality to comment knowingly gradually we have the feeling that these tools of intellectual pleasure and satisfactory enjoyment of leisure time we are getting out of hand. And perhaps, sadly, irreversible. The closure of a chain of information and debate with the quality that had made CNN + and its replacement by a common program of " reality show" bordering on indecency is so tragic as an eloquent indicator of where things go.
As each own your time and your taste, I shall not here to assess the degree of impoverishment and misery, with the help of the TDT, we have been thrown on the supply television that fills the shelves down to the underworld of the offense, vulgarity and misery of those who delight in insults and lies. And what of those regional television, sunk in the deficit that continues and designed exclusively as outrageous spokesmen that holds power and shelter in many cases limited pens to be the voice of his master? The best thing for health reasons, is to move from this Patulea and seek further fed information better relies on three basic principles of ethics related to communication: rigor, tolerance and respect.
concerned, however, the trend seems mired in the journalistic profession, as shown consultancy Burson Marsteller when he says in a recent report that journalism through an unprecedented crisis, resulting from a concatenated set of circumstances in a short time have created a web of problems difficult to resolve. Between them, suggest two fundamentally: the financial crisis, motivated by a very strong portfolio decline advertising, opting for other forms of advertising that advertisers find most effective, and quality deterioration information, in parallel with the proliferation of "media" that lower the level of demand at the same time impoverish and degrade the work performed by professionals.
journalists are reported to have less time to activities such as research work, writing calm, depth in the analysis. Prima sensationalism on the weight of what happened would , the media and opportunistic effect on the overall vision and critical phenomena. are bad times for the information without sensationalism and opinion without conditions. Analyze and gain insight into the events that affect us are not really fashionable, what are the defects of others denied compensation to the minute of screen.
