INST 352 Lecture 9: INST352 Lecture 9: Voting on a Political Issue 2
10 Feb 2019
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Inst352 lecture 9: voting on a political issue 2. Two weeks before the vote graham joins some friends in a pub to watch the last in a series of three televised debates about the decision. Because he missed the first two debates, and because this one includes more audience interaction, he is very keen to see it. The debate features six representatives from scottish political parties and other organizations, in two teams of three, with questions and comments from the studio audience. Amongst the boisterous comments from pub customers, graham has a hard time judging the arguments, particularly from the anti-independence side. It becomes more obvious to him how much emotion is behind this debate, particularly on the yes side. As a twitter user graham notes how certain topics brought up during the debate result in an increase in tweets from other users appearing on his smartphone. It seems like many people value being free, at whatever cost.
