Problem-solution essay draft 1
Social media has became the essential element in China. People depend heavily on social media in almost everything. For example exchange of information. Because the broaderness of social media. Information share by a single internet user can spread through the whole world in a blink second. It definitely benefit us in the speed, range and distance of spreading the information. It’s not exaggerate to say that the fast pace of development of today’s China depend heavily on social media. However social media like all other advance technology it not only bring the advantages, at the same time the disadvantages to the country. For example the circulation of false information. Due to the circulation of false information which can lead to serious problem like social unrest, it is necessary for China government to take up measures to control the accessibility of social media.
Most of the technologies act like a double sided blade. It depends on how the user want to use it. China as the country with the largest population in the world it is hard for the government to effectively control the information flow online by the citizens or even the world. Hence there are plenty of incidents that circulation of false information has cause chao in the country. False information such as prediction of floods, evidences of disasters, war information, terrorist information and even the death allowance of Chinese head leader and much more. These have cause not only the horror among the citizens and also drilling the citizens to do something that are not allow. Such false information have extremely harmful influence hence Chinese government have to come out with measure to limit all these circulation of false information.
The circulation of false information is travel fast in China, despite China’s large population. Another reason is because all these false information are touch on issues of common concern for example development of country, environmental issues, food safety and corruption. Citizens have to proper channel to prove that the information they have read is right or wrong but due to the high influence power of these information. They always rise up the anger among citizens which is the root for all social unrest. China government did come out with several measures to counter the problem, one of them is to rise internet security. Beside all the censorship programs. China currently develop a 3050000 of police force to protect internet security to prevent the circulation of false information on internet. They work day and night to view though information that was circulate on internet. Delete or capture the person who spreading the false information. However it was not that effective. It is because internet have too many way to deliver information, it’s hard for the security personel to control every information that deliver online. 3050000 against the number of social media users in China or even the world looks too powerless.
The second measure that take up by the china government is to limit the accessibility for all users in the country. Foreign websites in China become more and more difficult to access. Most of the foreign websites are make inaccessible in china by the government. Hence it effectively limit the damage done by the foreign country who want to attack china though internet.Moreover government work together with big local companies like Qianlong, Sogou, Sohu, Netease, Baidu and Sina Weibo microblogging service to control the information that deliver by their users which effectively limit the channel of circulate false information in the land. However it may not be effective as there are many ways that the users can choose to break though the social media wall that build by the government. For example multiple of tunelling websites.
It is clear that circulation of false information have become a serious problem in china. Although government have did several measures to counter the problem. But measures like increase internet security and limit the accessibility of internet were not enough to solve the problem. In my opinion the only way to solve the problem is to solve the problem with whoever use it but not the social media itself. Moreover Circulation of false information in social media will not only affect individual life or a country like china. It is the world wide issue that all countries shall pay attention to it. Who know the reason for next world war may start with a wide spread false information online.
- a few vague terms, 'double sided blade' is double edged sword and 'blink second' is blink of an eye?
ReplyDelete- i dont really understand 'also drilling the citizens to do something that are not allow.'
1. i like the effective reasoning of the essay and evidence supporting his points ( stats and examples)
2. yes. the threat of false information circulating in clear in the thesis and intro.
3. the first solution about internet security is well supported with evidence and statistics but more effort can be put into linking it back to social media.
4. the second solution is well elaborated but it is not connected to a positive outcome
5. second solution can include example about regarding social media
6. yes.
7. the flow is clear. i can follow the chain of ideas without being confused
8. no.
9. no citations are included
10. solution can be better explained in terms of social media. sometimes the focus is more on internet than social media
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