▲ 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.
[+] orcrist@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wuzzlewoggle@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago Corellation is not causation but in this case it is very suspicious and studies like these show that there might be causation That's why I said it's not proof but needs to be studied further. And yes, of course I mean centralized, profit driven social media. But that is the overwhelming majority of social media. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wuzzlewoggle@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago Corellation is not causation but in this case it is very suspicious and studies like these show that there might be causation That's why I said it's not proof but needs to be studied further. And yes, of course I mean centralized, profit driven social media. But that is the overwhelming majority of social media. permalink fedilink source parent