Re:Do you avoid the news? You’re in growing company
by flyinghamster on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @02:41PM
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Social media and its manipulation have amplified the problem vastly, and what makes it even worse is the consolidation of ownership. Nothing like turning on an ABC (owned by Disney) news program and getting ten minutes of self-referential Disney news.
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Re:Do you avoid the news? You’re in growing company
by tivert on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @02:54PM
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I think the internet and social media's effects have been different than television. Like television, it encourages even shorter attention spans and even more superficial engagement with things. Unlike television, it tends towards anger and outrage (not entertainment) and encourages more fragmentation and tribalism.