"Unlike the past era, the Internet has brought us great convenience." Xu Xing said, "This has brought us a big change."

"In the past, it was very difficult for people to obtain information. For example, if I wanted to know the reign name of an emperor in the Ming Dynasty, I had to go to the library to find the corresponding books, read them and check them."

"But now you only need to search it online. Isn't it very convenient?"

"Especially now that with smartphones, you don't need a computer. You can just take out your phone and search directly anywhere. The transfer of information has become very convenient."

"That's right." Mei Hong nodded, "Is this a good thing?"

"Everything has pros and cons, and behind good things there are naturally hidden dangers." Xu Xing said, "While the Internet has brought a great abundance of information, it has also brought great difficulty in information screening."

"Huh?" Mei Hong showed a puzzled expression.

"Let's take a simple example." Xu Xing raised a finger and said with a smile, "Suppose, Academician Mei, you finished the experiment one day, took out your phone during the break, and saw someone in the WeChat group retweeted a Weibo post

The article read - Mr. Xu of the Star Group molested his female secretary."

“What choice will you make after seeing this article forwarded?”

Mei Hong was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Xu Xing to give such an example, and suddenly laughed: "Then I might ask you in private."

"This is a good idea." Xu Xing continued with a smile, "What if it is other people who don't have my contact information? What will they do?"

"Carefully look at the content and source of this article to see if there is any real evidence or if there is a call to the police." Mei Hong considered it for a moment, "This should be correct, right?"

"Yes." Xu Xing said, "But while you are still judging whether this article is true, the article itself has been forwarded more than tens of thousands of times. The indirect forwarding and dissemination of the news may spread within just a few hours.

It affects tens of millions of people.”

"In such a situation, countless events may occur at the same time, and people are constantly creating and spreading information. A large amount of information that cannot be verified in the short term is entered into your brain along the network cable."

"We all have our own lives, and it's hard to have the free time to trace all the gossip news on the Internet to the source and make accurate judgments."

"Then just don't look at this kind of thing too much." Mei Hong frowned.

"Do you think it's possible?"

"Okay." Mei Hong shook his head, "I understand what you mean. It seems that the Internet field may be a new topic for media communication."

"This has been evident in the computer era, but at that time there were still certain restrictions on the number of people using computers." Xu Xing said, "But everyone can have a smartphone."

“In the past, media channels for speaking out were only in the hands of a few people.”

"Now and in the future, more and more ordinary people will be able to make their voices heard online."

"This is a good thing, but behind every good thing there is another side, so my suggestion to everyone here is that the new era may require us to have new abilities to filter information and judge information."

"When everyone has a voice, it is destined that there will be more than 99% useless information on the Internet. How to filter out the correct ones you need from the massive information will be very valuable in the future."

…

The conversation lasted for more than an hour, and all the topics Mei Hong had prepared in advance were over.

"Thank you very much Xu Xing for taking the time to chat today." Academician Mei Hong said, "Then it will be our question and answer time."

"Yes." Xu Xing nodded with a smile and took out his mobile phone to signal to the audience, "A QR code will be released on the screen later. Everyone can use WeChat to scan the code to enter the lottery page."

"The audience who draws the lottery will get a chance to ask questions."

"In addition, viewers in the live broadcast room can also use Douyu Live's built-in scanning function to scan the QR code in the lower right corner to draw lots and ask questions."

"Three questions each on site and in the live broadcast room."

【Oh haha? Can we also ask?】

[If I ask Mr. Xu how many girlfriends he has had, will he also answer? 】
Chapter completed!