Where did you hear that?

Conversation happens in a whole host of places. On the bus, in the pub, at the water cooler and – of course – online. One thing to always be aware of therefore, is that where you hear a conversation can impact hugely on what you will learn from it.

Let’s take Nick Griffin’s appearance on BBC Question Time last night – a nice hot topic of conversation today. I’m sure you have your opinion on it if you saw it. If you didn’t however, and you wanted a run down of the general concensus as to how it all went, you might jump online. Say you went to Twitter, and search on the #bbcqt hash tag. You’d get a broad view, and you’d probably feel things had gone a certain way. Say however, instead, you opted for the BBC’s news forums. Read that conversation, and you’ll get a very different view.

The freedom for people to discuss what they want is not, and should never be in question. The understanding that different people have different conversations in different places is however, important to remember.

Brought into the world on Friday, October 23rd, 2009 and filed under Uncategorized.