The world has 3.96 active social media users, thirty-one percent of whom are within the ages of 18 to 24. Their constant feed of information from non-traditional news sources has drastically changed …
The Radical Right Has Found a New Home: Rumble
Media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube have cracked down on the spread of misinformation and far-right conspiracy theories after the 2020 election. Many conservatives believe these …
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The Era of Misinformation: Social Media and Political Discourse’s Strained Relationship
The New York Times’s article “Barack Obama Takes On a New Role: Fighting Disinformation” by Steven Lee Myers and Cecilia Kang presents the new steps and direction former President Obama is taking in …
Big Tech Involvement in Russia-Ukraine Conflict: The Dangerous Precedent it May Set
With the Russian Invasion of Ukraine taking place this past week, Putin has triggered the greatest military crisis on the European continent since the Cold War. Over this time the global stage has …
Private Arbiters of Public Discourse: Facebook, MSI, and the Political Power of the Algorithm
In the digital age, it is plausible that a minor tweak in an algorithm could erode democracy as successfully as a charismatic demagogue. Juggernaut tech corporations have monopolized the markets of …
Your Political Beliefs May Be Programmed
We’ve all seen it – fake social media accounts blasting blatant disinformation and propaganda. Your uncle Bill retweets them and your cousin Sally shares their links on Facebook, but they don’t know …
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Is Social Media Ruining Political Discourse?
Being a Gen Z has given me both the curse and the blessing of the digital age. I get criticized by my mother for being on my phone only moments after being asked how to make an Instagram story, and …
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Internet Freedom in Democracies: Too Much or Too Little?
Since social media's rise in the early 2000s, the world has witnessed the rise and fall of big tech’s claim to aid democracy through increased freedom of expression. This issue begs the question: is …
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