Social media, with its barrage of emotionally charged messages, can strongly paralyse reasoning in even the most collected individual, and leave emotion to be the reigning determinant in decision-making. Is this how we want social media to impact our decision-making, especially with regards to shaping the state of democratic systems? Take a look at the following article in the South China Morning Post which explores social media role in influencing election emotion.
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2048554/blame-social-media-state-democracy-today
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