NEWS, DEMOCRACY AND HOW MEANINGFUL MEDIA COULD SAVE IT ALL

The polarization, vitriol, and distrust that characterize the current political news media landscape accelerated to a mind-spinning pace this month. Social media algorithms and personalized news feeds serve as major contributing factors. In bringing a microphone to previously marginalized people and untold stories, social media upended the established order of centralized news coverage. It also enabled misinformation and conspiracies to erode a shared sense of truth and facts, as well as hateful perspectives on the fringes to gain broader reach and impact.

By Nexttv | Image sourced via Unsplash | October 27, 2020