Television is individualist. The internet is collectivist.
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Television (and radio before it) is the media of isolated individuals; individuals who receive and digest content. The internet is the media of collectives reasoning, emoting and acting in unison. Its interactivity means you're part of it, not apart from it.
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Lonely long-haul trucker c. 1995 listening to Paul Harvey and deciding how much of it to believe, *then* meeting with peers at Waffle House to discuss.