Noam Chomsky Quotes About Social Media

• My grandchildren are on social media all the time, and they think they have friends. But it's not what I would've called a friend, ever.

  Noam Chomsky

  Grandchildren, Thinking, Media

  Interview with Chris Wallace, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 3, 2015.

• So take social media; take a look at the way they're used. In a lot of ways they're used constructively; lot of things are done that couldn't be done before. On the other hand a lot of the effect of social media is to set up extremely superficial contacts amongst people.

  Noam Chomsky

  Media, Hands, People

  Interview with Jegan Vincent de Paul, chomsky.info. August 15, 2012.

• I don't use the social media but I can see the effects in my own correspondence. I get a ton of correspondence. It used to be hard copy and now it's a very limited amount of actual letters people write. So it's mostly email.

  Noam Chomsky

  Writing, Media, People

  Interview with Jegan Vincent de Paul, chomsky.info. August 15, 2012.

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