Nov 30, 2024 | Blog, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
This is a relatively famous New Yorker cartoon by Jason Katzenstein, depicting a generalization about male/female rhetorical styles. But it might as well be illustrating the way social and ideological media “democratize” (read: “devalue”)...
Oct 25, 2024 | Blog, Democracy and Transitions to Authoritarianism, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
In chapter 4 of Climate of Contempt I summarize the academic literature showing how (1) online platform algorithms mislead and anger us, and (2) political persuaders use that anger to push us toward ideological extremes and increasingly intense partisan animosity....