*This* right here is why previous academic work on "media effects" won't help much to understand the scale and depth of what's going on now.https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/843826444220465152 …
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Yes, everything has antecedents: misinformation, propaganda, etc. But we never had a global peer-to-peer broadcast(ish) mechanism like this.
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We never had such easy ways for political operatives or scammers monetize misinfo this easily—to the scale of hundreds of millions of ppl.
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This isn't media per se; it's also peer-to-peer socialization through a mechanism & scale that never before existed in history like this.
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Wrong theory: new mechanisms bring about entirely new kinds of people. Nope. Drastically changed game is where it's at, not changed players.
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BTW, this is a core thesis in my forthcoming book: to understand change from tech, look at how existing social mechanisms are impacted.
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I don't get how people can see billions connected peer-to-peer but also through centralized platforms in a decade and think "oh, same old."
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted The Politics of Health 😎 👩🏼🏫 👓 🌊
Socialization is probably the most important shaper of humanity; baffles me to underplay changes to its mechanisms.https://twitter.com/lamarshall/status/845272149833236480 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Barbara | end white supremacy forever
Ha! I tried to be readable but also do concepts/theory. hope I didn't fail both! Book here: https://www.amazon.com/Twitter-Tear-Gas-Fragility-Networked-ebook/dp/B06XR259MG/ …https://twitter.com/bfister/status/845276126087974913 …
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So far a great balance of theory and engaging narrative, tricky to do.
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Wow; thank you! Trying to do just that was so hard; I am thrilled that at least one person thinks it wasn't a total miss!
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