#1658 Pileup on the Information Superhighway: Information Dispensation in the Age of Deep Doubt

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

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 2: NBC's Jacob Ward: How Technology Shapes Our Thinking and Decisions Part 1 - Commonwealth Club World Affairs (CCWA) - Air Date 1-31-22

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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