Digital media – a threat to democracy? The evidence is piling up
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Digital media are increasingly shaping the political landscape worldwide. A new replication study takes a closer look at earlier research on the influence of digital media on democracy and confirms worrying developments. Although digital media offer opportunities for political participation and access to information, they also contribute to polarization, declining trust in institutions, and the spread of misinformation.

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.

  • Migmog@lemm.eeEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Digital media adds pleasure and value to my life. Democracy adds nothing but a bunch of bullshit noise about the opinions of people who I don’t care about on things that I don’t care about. And then after all that nonsense the bureaucrats just do what they were going to do anyways because all those bullshit opinions were just to get fuckwits to pull a level for them during a popularity contest cultural celebration not unlike primitives dancing around a fire to the sound of drums. So, to be direct, because digital media is better because it is valuable and democracy isn’t because it isn’t.