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It's not a false dichotomy. I picked cable news as an example of other forms of commercial media. It's also a form of commercial media that drives the alienatio
by ok123456 3y ago
It's not a false dichotomy. I picked cable news as an example of other forms of commercial media. It's also a form of commercial media that drives the alienation and polarization of everyone nearing or at retirement age.
A well made 1.5-3 minute video on TikTok can be very educational. It seems that a lot of people are invested in this bizarre idea that TikTok is a kind of Manchurian Candidate app that brain washes tweens with dance videos, when the reality is that a lot of the more established media is much more corrosive and carefully constructed to manufacture consent.
- namaria 3y ago>cable news >can be very educational. At least as much as short videos someone recorded on their phone >TikTok (is) >also a form of commercial media that drives the alienation and polarization of everyone (consuming it) Works both ways. I'm not defending cable news, or any form of mainstream media. I'm not sure why you think TikTok deserves being defended. It's been shown to harvest very worrying bits of its users' private lives and send it to servers under the tutelage of a totalitarian State.
- ok123456 3y ago> At least as much as short videos someone recorded on their phone You can upload any video. It doesn't need to be recorded on a phone. > Works both ways. No. I've witnessed firsthand loved ones losing their grasp of reality by consuming cable news non-stop, all day. TikTok doesn't even come close.
- namaria 3y agoIt's not the tvs fault people you like found an excuse to be outwardly racist and xenophobic. What's next, videogames make you violent?