Is the internet a destabilizing force in our politics?
summary
The internet short-circuits traditional gatekeepers, enabling movements like Black Lives Matter, the Tea Party and the women's marches to push issues into the mainstream and helping a candidate tap immigration and trade swing 2016. Platforms let ordinary accounts — in one analysis a thousand Twitter accounts — amplify extreme views, while also surfacing expert commentary outside academia. Solutions offered are media literacy, more visible experts, and battling bad arguments with better evidence rather than censorship.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and panelists
- 1:08Is the internet destabilizing politics?
- 4:20Historical perspective on media
- 7:072016 election and sentiment
- 12:46Democratization of expertise
- 17:20White nationalism and free speech
- 20:49Moving forward and solutions
- 22:39Closing remarks
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