Most think social media leads to manipulation and division, but they also say it informs people and gives them a voice in politics.
  • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
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    hace 28 días

    It’s interesting that that Pew research cites TikTok, and Xitter, and presumably other corporate social media. And yet does not mention non-corporate social media, such as this platform.

  • Paragone@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    hace 28 días

    social-media AS IT CURRENTLY IS OPERATED is harmful to civilrights & democracy.

    In no way does as-it-currently-is-operated by Meta et al, have to be the way it always & forever is operated, obviously.

    Same as the pseudojournalism is undermining civilrights & democracy, hand-in-hand with that, and actual-journalism is possible, in spite of incumbent-interests having highjacked the “journalism” institutions so completely.

    Alternative is possible.

    Our fediverse is step in the right direction, it just isn’t systematic or clouty-and-ruthless-integrity enough, yet…

    🙏

  • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    hace 28 días

    Social media is democratization of the media. People who say social media is bad for democracy are saying something almost oxymoronic: that democratization of the media is bad for democracy.