#1658 Pileup on the Information Superhighway: Information Dispensation in the Age of Deep Doubt
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Air Date 9/27/2024
Let's just say that it's not a coincidence that right-wing authoritarians are on the rise at the same time as people around the world are having a harder time than ever figuring out what's true. That said, society is beginning to fight back.
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KEY POINTS
KP 1: https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-project-2025-will-lay-groundwork-for-second-term
KP 3: Streaming is Changing Politics...Is That A Good Thing? - Wisecrack - Air Date 9-20-24
KP 4: YouTube and the Death of Media Literacy - Zoe Bee - Air Date 9-2-24
KP 5: A Citizen's Guide to Disinformation - TechTank - Air Date 9-3-24
KP 6: Enshittification Part 3: Saving The Internet - On the Media - Air Date 5-19-23
(45:53 ) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On bad media diets and brain worms
Article: Welcome to the Era of ‘Deep Doubt’
DEEPER DIVES
(54:23 ) SECTION A: SOCIAL MISINFORMATION
(1:23:18 ) SECTION B: LIVE BY THE ALGORITHM
(1:55:54 ) SECTION C: SOLUTIONS
MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions)
SHOW IMAGE CREDITS
Description: Graphic of two profiles back to back, one red, one blue. A white question mark is in the middle.
Credit: “face-question mark-disoriented” by geralt| License: Pixabay
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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