A new study by the University of Houston's Haaris Mat and The Brattle Group's Haris Tabakovic and Patrick Holder suggests that Google and Facebook downplay the importance of news content on their platforms, contradicting their assertions. The study indicates that public opinion influences the news more than vice versa, challenging the influence of mainstream media and its manipulation of people with fear-based stories. The study also highlights the impact of media consumption on shaping views and core values in a world where parental presence, religion, and civil society are declining.
people dramatically underestimate how much the media they consume shapes their views of the world, but increasingly also their core values especially in a world where parents aren't as present, and religion and civil society are on the decline choose carefully
Why Mainstream Media is Lashing Out in its Death Throes Mainstream media makes money by manipulating people with advertisements, and so they primarily sell stories that stoke fear, since this is our strongest basal response. The greatest threat to fear-based manipulation is the… https://t.co/psQONRtj9h https://t.co/UgFXc4aZTf
Corporate media = the propaganda arm of a dying regime. What they don’t realize is that with each gaslighting headline, they’re incinerating their own credibility. “Don’t trust the evidence that is right in front of you. The economy is doing great!” Headlines like these… https://t.co/7GvyNQdlVQ https://t.co/SEbL9QiIll
Public opinion influences the news more than viceversa. https://t.co/Mjjzhfxb0w https://t.co/IcaxPvM00H
mainstream media is mostly complete scumbags these days https://t.co/yAI6oLAChq
.@Google and @facebook often downplay the importance of news content on their platforms, asserting that they do not really need it. A new study by @UHouston’s @HaarisMat and @TheBrattleGroup’s Haris Tabakovic and Patrick Holder suggests otherwise. https://t.co/xUe19R1ttW
Government propagandists hate you. https://t.co/2BtKdeplue