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LearnedHand

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4. I'm very tired of that "indictment" about getting news from social medai

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 08:12 AM

Mar 2025

Especially since it's a focus-group-feeling term with no critical examination of what it actually means. *I* get most of my news from social media, but that doesn't mean it's like NextDoor rumors. It's because I subscribe to thoughtful writers and news organization I trust. Even good old DU is a people-powered algorithm that helps curate my news.

Let's take this to the extreme: "Young people get their news mostly through social media when they REALLY ought to be doing ... what?" What are we and researchers implying they OUGHT to be doing? Watching TV news? Subscribing to print newspapers?

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Why Young Voters Are Ignoring Mainstream Politics [View all] Celerity Mar 2025 OP

Is this what decades of avoiding mandatory military service/drafts does? (not that that is not a good thing) hlthe2b Mar 2025 #1

Not sure i understand how the draft could be related to engagement with political parties LearnedHand Mar 2025 #2

Conscription with possible deployment does tend to focus the mind. Think about it. hlthe2b Mar 2025 #6

Conscription returns to Europe? Celerity Mar 2025 #3

WOW hlthe2b Mar 2025 #5

I'm very tired of that "indictment" about getting news from social medai LearnedHand Mar 2025 #4

Curated news has become highly problematic Sympthsical Mar 2025 #7

Information was curated for us long before social media leftstreet Mar 2025 #8

Of course Sympthsical Mar 2025 #9

All very excellent points leftstreet Mar 2025 #11

I get it LearnedHand Mar 2025 #10

This and let's say legacy media was not profit driven the people currently reporting it are rich AF and don't relate uponit7771 Mar 2025 #12

I'm not sure the medium really matters cadoman Mar 2025 #13

Both US parties are deeply indebted to the wealthy. usonian Mar 2025 #14