176
young voters say social media to blame for divisions in the u.s (thehill.com)
submitted 10 months ago by rob299@bookwormstory.social to c/technology@lemmy.ml
45 comments fedilink hide all child comments

A Quinnipiac University poll asked U.S. registered voters to select one of four options to blame for the divisions in the country. Overall, 35 percent blamed social media, 32 percent blamed political leaders, 28 percent blamed cable news channels and only 1 percent blamed other countries.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago

...who own the media. Like Rupert Murdoch and David Zaslav.

[-] rob299@bookwormstory.social 4 points 10 months ago

dispite common believe, you still have choices for news. however you can't just sort them by the names outright anymore but by either who owns them, or which corperation owns them.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I wasn't insinuating otherwise, I was mostly just joking because they said "seems like it might be the fascists" and I was simply pointing out, yes, yes it is. The fascists who own news media companies, which thankfully isn't all of the media. Quite a lot of it though, sadly.

[-] rob299@bookwormstory.social 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

ah, makes sense now. I must had misunderstood the context. I do hear people all the time complaining about who owns the media and etc. So I was responding how I did by instinct. Yes we do need other voices in the news besides just them.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago

Haha, that's fair, a lot of media critique is.... not very thoughtful.

this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2023
176 points (94.4% liked)

Technology

34442 readers
209 users here now

This is the official technology community of Lemmy.ml for all news related to creation and use of technology, and to facilitate civil, meaningful discussion around it.

Ask in DM before posting product reviews or ads. All such posts otherwise are subject to removal.

Rules:

1: All Lemmy rules apply

2: Do not post low effort posts

3: NEVER post naziped*gore stuff

4: Always post article URLs or their archived version URLs as sources, NOT screenshots. Help the blind users.

5: personal rants of Big Tech CEOs like Elon Musk are unwelcome (does not include posts about their companies affecting wide range of people)

6: no advertisement posts unless verified as legitimate and non-exploitative/non-consumerist

7: crypto related posts, unless essential, are disallowed

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
MinutePhrase@lemmy.ml