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The joy of anti-social media<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Social media have undeniably changed the way many of us talk about books, and encouraged us to do it more. Whereas in the physical world there may be only certain contexts in which you\u2019d dive into a deconstruction of Dostoevsky\u2019s metaphors, the virtual world provides round-the-clock opportunity to indulge your literary mores. Personally, I have found this makes me form opinions about what I read more quickly and strongly, in the knowledge that I will be able to share them instantly, and have to defend them rigorously, online. This is both good \u2013 in the sharpening of my critical faculties and confidence in my beliefs \u2013 and bad, as I can find myself jumping to premature, self-consciously entertaining or\u00a0harsh conclusions<\/a> for the sake of a scrap or a soundbite.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The joy of anti-social media: Social media have undeniably changed the way many of us talk about books, and encouraged us to do it more. Whereas in the physical world there may be only certain contexts in which you\u2019d dive into a deconstruction of Dostoevsky\u2019s metaphors, the virtual world provides round-the-clock opportunity to indulge your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1206,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asides"],"yoast_head":"\nOh, Joy!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The joy of anti-social media: Social media have undeniably changed the way many of us talk about books, and encouraged us to do it more. 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