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How much of it is "just perception" and not actually true? The mainstream and social media can amplify negative sentiments, which propagate between people. Thi
by Vaskivo 8y ago
How much of it is "just perception" and not actually true?
The mainstream and social media can amplify negative sentiments, which propagate between people. This leads to a bad assessment of reality.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoI'd say "almost all", and this is actually the place where perception becomes the reality, for all practical purposes. Society being polarized, vs. everyone believing the society is polarized and acting accordingly, is equivalent in practice. That's why I believe media people - both mainstream and social - are being dangerously irresponsible my sharing every possible polarizing bullshit to maximize ad clicks. And I mean "dangerously" as in "could cause significant loss of life at some point".