Still Amusing Ourselves To Death
Dean Shareski,
Ideas and Thoughts,
Jul 16, 2018
Dean Shareski reflects on how Neil Poistman's warnings about television also apply to social media. The warnings were certainly accurate for television, as the emergence of fake news channels and mass delusion have shown. What aboutonline media? These magnifiy the falshoods spread by television and have offered little remedy. Television "was not a format designed for serious topics that required depth and time," says Shareski. "Although I didn't have the context I made a similar argument about social media." So - OK. But does this apply to all digital media? I don't think so. Shareski says "Utilize the right spaces for the right purposes. Social media, in my view, has always been best to socialize. This space has always been best to think out loud. Face to face extended times with the right people can be fruitful places for deeper discussions."
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