To each their own. I agree with Chomsky that yeah, media blinkers people and frames the terms of the debate. But, this has been true for decades. Something has fundamentally changed in the last 10 - 15 years and we’re watching those changes ripple across almost every society.
Again, you’re free to share any relevant research. But, I think blaming the Rightward swing that we’re seeing across the world on just “the media” is, at best, over simplistic.
Well it is simplistic. Because there’s a lot of complexity to unpack.
But, this has been true for decades. Something has fundamentally changed in the last 10 - 15 years and we’re watching those changes ripple across almost every society.
So true! Several things have fundamentally changed:
Democratization / decentralization of creators
Speed to market
Niche demographics
No regulation, no oversight
Just a few things. There’s many more. But we’re not talking about clothes, or food, or anything else in our daily lives that have had such an impact, because clothes or food don’t have the same qualities that make media such a pivotal piece of any given person’s worldview.
Like I said earlier, if you mean something like social media, then I agree. When I say social media, I also mean our new ways of ingesting media, eg short form text, memes, podcasts etc (though should probably use a different term.) I think there are a bunch of pernicious effects and incentives which have made seeing the humanity in those with whom we disagree difficult and compromise impossible. We don’t need propaganda, people in general are just not able to handle the information landscape that’s been created.
But, if you’re really talking about even the spread of more independent written media etc, then I just don’t see their limited readership being the fundamental game changer that we’ve seen.
To each their own. I agree with Chomsky that yeah, media blinkers people and frames the terms of the debate. But, this has been true for decades. Something has fundamentally changed in the last 10 - 15 years and we’re watching those changes ripple across almost every society.
Again, you’re free to share any relevant research. But, I think blaming the Rightward swing that we’re seeing across the world on just “the media” is, at best, over simplistic.
Well it is simplistic. Because there’s a lot of complexity to unpack.
So true! Several things have fundamentally changed:
Just a few things. There’s many more. But we’re not talking about clothes, or food, or anything else in our daily lives that have had such an impact, because clothes or food don’t have the same qualities that make media such a pivotal piece of any given person’s worldview.
Like I said earlier, if you mean something like social media, then I agree. When I say social media, I also mean our new ways of ingesting media, eg short form text, memes, podcasts etc (though should probably use a different term.) I think there are a bunch of pernicious effects and incentives which have made seeing the humanity in those with whom we disagree difficult and compromise impossible. We don’t need propaganda, people in general are just not able to handle the information landscape that’s been created.
But, if you’re really talking about even the spread of more independent written media etc, then I just don’t see their limited readership being the fundamental game changer that we’ve seen.