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I think that's a fair question (and shouldn't be downvoted), but you're being na:ive. A couple of points: - The term 'media' is often applied with a broader sc
by qwery 3y ago
I think that's a fair question (and shouldn't be downvoted), but you're being na:ive. A couple of points:
- The term 'media' is often applied with a broader scope than "traditional news media".
- There are ads and suggestions on Twitter and Youtube. Do you specifically pick out those?
- The people that you talk to or follow online get their information from somewhere.
- You may be an exception. I'd wager you're less immune to mass media / the propaganda model than you think, but in any case the majority is (largely) responsible for election outcomes.
- FredPret 3y agoI'm not saying anyone has 100% control over their information sources. But it has been trending up sharply in recent decades. It used to be that a dozen or so talking heads told entire countries what was what. Today, the information landscape has exploded and splintered into millions of sources. For the first time, it's practical for every individual human to go directly to primary sources for most of the important things. And while most don't, many do, and out the many who do, some have their own platforms. Information dissemination is now more many-to-many than one-to-many. And while there is more bullshit than ever out there, there's also much more truth, and more angles of it being examined, and much less ability for small interests to control the whole. And that's fantastic.