Recently, an incident called the "Land Rover Girl" has aroused public attention and speculation about online public opinion. At first, it was just an ordinary traffic accident, but due to the fact that a female driver in the accident was involved in some special circumstances, the whole incident was quickly amplified and became the focus of public discussion. In this incident, we can not only see the law of the spread of online public opinion, but also reflect on some practical problems in society, and how to maintain a rational and objective attitude in the era of information explosion.
First, the beginning and end of the incident
The incident happened on a road in Laoshan District, Qingdao City, during the rush hour, and the road was relatively congested. Suddenly, a white sedan and a silver-gray Land Rover collided, and, according to surveillance video from the accident scene, the traffic accident was caused by the Land Rover driving in the opposite direction.
Generally speaking, driving in the opposite direction is a more serious traffic violation, so after the accident, the surrounding pedestrians and vehicles stopped to watch and blamed the Land Rover woman for her illegal behavior. And when the Land Rover woman got out of the car, it caused an uproar among the public, because everyone did not expect that the driver of the Land Rover woman was actually a young woman.
In the public's impression, people who drive Land Rovers are often some "rich second generation" or "official second generation", and the appearance of this young woman has undoubtedly brought a certain impact to everyone's cognitive concept. Not only that, but when the other person involved in the accident got out of the car, the nature of the whole incident changed dramatically.
The other party is a retired soldier, and in the process of his dispute with the Land Rover woman, he was injured by the Land Rover woman, so that it was just an ordinary traffic accident, but because of the special identity of the Land Rover woman and the beating incident, it was quickly amplified and became the focus of public discussion.
Second, the fermentation of events
From the very beginning, the incident called "Land Rover Girl" has been hotly discussed by the public, and various speculations and speculations about Land Rover Women have also quickly become popular on the Internet, for example, some people believe that Land Rover Women must be "official second generation" or "rich second generation", and will be in the case of driving in the opposite direction, but also confidently argue with others, and start beating people.
When these remarks appeared, the identity and background of the Land Rover woman also became the focus of public discussion, and under the influence of this public opinion, more and more people began to doxing the Land Rover woman, and abused and attacked it on various social platforms, and even some people maliciously concocted rumors to create false accusations against the Land Rover woman.
It can be said that the fermentation process of the whole incident is the process of spreading and amplifying public opinion on the Internet, and in this process, the public's views and emotions have also been affected to a certain extent.
3. Reflection on the incident
When the matter developed to this point, it also attracted the attention of the relevant departments, they investigated the entire process of the accident, and through the official media, released an accident report, clarifying the truth of the accident, as well as some information about the Land Rover woman.
Through the content of the report, it can be known that the Land Rover girl is not the "second generation of officials" or "rich second generation" that everyone imagines, she is just an ordinary freelancer, and the reason why she drives in the opposite direction and has disputes with others is only because she took the wrong road when she was driving and did not maliciously break the law.
In the process of arguing with others, she was also provoked and insulted to a certain extent, so she lost control of her emotions and started to beat people, she is not an "arrogant" person, let alone a "road rage" patient as everyone calls it.
Through such clarifications and explanations, the public also has a clearer understanding of the whole incident, and many people have also changed their attitude towards the Land Rover woman 180 degrees after learning the truth, and they have felt sorry and indignant for what happened to the Land Rover woman, and also feel deep remorse and self-reproach for some of their previous remarks and behaviors.
Fourth, how to stay rational
Through this incident called "Land Rover Girl", we can see that in today's era of information explosion, the power of online public opinion is very huge, it can make some ordinary things become vigorous, and it can also cause certain harm to individuals and society.
As ordinary public individuals, how should we maintain a rational and objective attitude in the face of various online incidents?
We must learn to "think twice before acting", when we see some news and events, do not easily believe some unconfirmed rumors, and do not blindly follow the trend of comments and forwards, but should conduct in-depth conjecture and analysis of this information, verify it from multiple sources, and understand the whole picture of the matter from different angles.
We also have to learn to "empathize with others", when facing others, do not easily judge them arbitrarily, but should put ourselves in the shoes of others to understand and tolerate others, maybe everyone has their own difficulties and difficulties, we should give more understanding and help.
We also have to learn to "make good use of the Internet", in the online world, it is difficult to distinguish 100% of the truth and falsehood of information, but we can improve our ability to distinguish through some methods, such as learning some network literacy knowledge, understanding some rumor identification skills, so that we can swim in the ocean of information with ease, so as not to be confused by false information.