I have never accessed these debate sites before, mainly because I find some of the comments to be a little over aggressive. Now that may be my personality (always avoiding confrontation!) but I do appreciate the power and need of debate.
Even when undertaken face to face, debate can often lead to tension and heated exchange. Couple that with the potential of users having an 'online personality' that may feel freer to comment more aggressively or with less perception of any consequence, it could be quite a damaging experience.
However, it could also work positively, where those who find debate difficult have a outline structure with some rules and community policing, gives some level of reassurance and protection. Additionally, as the debate is typed rather than spoken, it may remove the potential for 'comments off the cuff' with more time to reflect and compose structured and progressive debate.
To support my understanding of the fundementals of what is meant by 'debate' I watched this video (college based tutorial) - it isn't high level but I do think it offers some useful definitions and stages of debate
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I have never accessed these debate sites before, mainly because I find some of the comments to be a little over aggressive. Now that may be my personality (always avoiding confrontation!) but I do appreciate the power and need of debate.
Even when undertaken face to face, debate can often lead to tension and heated exchange. Couple that with the potential of users having an 'online personality' that may feel freer to comment more aggressively or with less perception of any consequence, it could be quite a damaging experience.
However, it could also work positively, where those who find debate difficult have a outline structure with some rules and community policing, gives some level of reassurance and protection. Additionally, as the debate is typed rather than spoken, it may remove the potential for 'comments off the cuff' with more time to reflect and compose structured and progressive debate.
To support my understanding of the fundementals of what is meant by 'debate' I watched this video (college based tutorial) - it isn't high level but I do think it offers some useful definitions and stages of debate
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