How to Save the 2020 Election: Journalism and Social Media

NOV 20, 201949 MIN
Function with Anil Dash

How to Save the 2020 Election: Journalism and Social Media

NOV 20, 201949 MIN

Description

What happens when social networks become social media, and tech starts making editorial decisions?

Anil talks with NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen about the priorities of tech companies and how their faux neutrality and feigned ignorance has taken a toll on our news cycles and elections. Together, they identify the problems that the press is facing, like attention hacking and misinformation, in order to focus on how the press and us as citizens can reclaim “the news” and what they care about.

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