Hi Listers, Interesting discourse in light of what is happening locally as we prepare for the elections. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Richard Hill via InternetPolicy <internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org> Date: Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 4:40 PM Subject: [Internet Policy] How social platforms affect political discourse To: Internetpolicy@Elists. Isoc. Org <internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org> This article contends that social platforms have had negative effects on political discourse in the USA: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-... It confirms what McChesney found earlier: http://boundary2.org/2015/04/08/the-internet-vs-democracy/ And is consistent with what Doctorow says: http://www.boundary2.org/2021/04/richard-hill-the-curse-of-concentration-rev... Best, Richard _______________________________________________ To manage your Internet Society subscriptions or unsubscribe, log into your member profile at https://admin.internetsociety.org/622619/Entity/MyProfile, go to the Preferences tab and edit your email consent and general channels. Changes may take up to 3 hours to take effect. - View the Internet Society Code of Conduct: https://www.internetsociety.org/become-a-member/code-of-conduct/ -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A