Morning Jolt: Internet and Social Media in the Age of Coronavirus

On the menu today: trying to keep a cool head on one's shoulders when there's a serious public-health crisis and a social-media environment that rewards hyperbole and drama, figuring out why so many members of the U.S. media are quick to defend the good name of the Chinese government, an update on CPAC, and a funny video about teaching your kids at home that feels just a little too real right now.

Practicing Safe Social-Media Distancing

Everything that we're currently enduring would be worse without the Internet. Without it, we wouldn't be getting nearly as much information nearly as quickly. Our ability to look up what doctors are saying would be nil. Our ability to know what the coronavirus is doing in other countries would be limited to foreign correspondents. Our knowledge about the crisis we're facing would be limited to what we could find out from the television, the radio, newspapers, and magazines.

The requirements of self-quarantine and social distancing mean we're all interacting with each other electronically — e-mail, texting, Facebook, Twitter, and other social-media networks. But at least we're still interacting. If the ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 19 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 19 2020 Internet and Social Media in the Age of Coronavirus On the menu today: trying to keep a cool head on one's shoulders when there's a serious public-health crisis and a social-media environment that rewards hyperbole and drama, figuring out why so many members of the U.S. media are quick to defend the good name of the Chinese government, an update on CPAC, and a funny video about teaching your kids at home that feels just a little too real right now. Practicing Safe Social-Media Distancing Everything that we're currently enduring would be worse without the Internet. Without it, we wouldn't be getting nearly as much information nearly as quickly. Our ability to look up what doctors are saying would be nil. Our ability to know what the coronavirus is doing in other countries would be limited to foreign correspondents. Our knowledge about the crisis we're facing would be limited to what we could find out from the television, the radio, newspapers, and magazines. The requirements of self-quarantine and social distancing mean we're all interacting with each other electronically — e-mail, texting, Facebook, Twitter, and other social-media networks. But at least we're still interacting. If the ...   READ MORE

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