And what we found out is that the tools such as Polis, broad listening tools, Sensemaker, and so on, can lead to a much more accurate poll, which is not predetermined, but rather a generative poll, where the options are generated by the citizens, or what I call pro-social media. And this kind of way makes a continuous group selfie possible. As journalists, that’s actually a practice of journalism because it shows both the balancing ideas, and also the bridging idea. And this is how we changed the basic education curriculum in Taiwan in 2019 to focus on curiosity, collaboration and civic care, so that the young people go through this journalistic practice and inoculate their mind against this polarized outrage.

Keyboard shortcuts

j previous speech k next speech