▲ 241 ▼ Digital media – a threat to democracy? The evidence is piling up. (www.mpg.de) submitted 1 year ago by Tea@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments Digital media such as social media, messenger groups or comment columns in online media have a predominantly negative influence on political processes. They can encourage populist movements, increase polarization and undermine trust in institutions.
[+] witten@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wuzzlewoggle@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago In Europe we have public news broadcasters in every country, so relying on corporate news isn't a huge problem. Anyway, a news outlet pushing propaganda and misinformation is not nearly as dangerous as a social media platform doing it via algorithm. The fact that the algorithm can give you exactly the kind of propaganda that will resonate with you is extremely dangerous. Not saying privately owned news outlets with a huge reach aren't a problem, they definetely are, it's just a whole other dimension. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wuzzlewoggle@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago In Europe we have public news broadcasters in every country, so relying on corporate news isn't a huge problem. Anyway, a news outlet pushing propaganda and misinformation is not nearly as dangerous as a social media platform doing it via algorithm. The fact that the algorithm can give you exactly the kind of propaganda that will resonate with you is extremely dangerous. Not saying privately owned news outlets with a huge reach aren't a problem, they definetely are, it's just a whole other dimension. permalink fedilink source parent