The guns or the violence?
Like all chicken-or-the-egg arguments, what matters most is where we go from here.
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Rebuilding our public sphere was always going to be hard
And not just because the companies we rely on are corporate giants that don't want to change.
No history, no consequences
How can our media systems help (or hurt) our efforts to build accountability?
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Privacy progress or handwaving?
Next year, Google will give up on tracking technologies that on longer make them enough money to justify the privacy invasion. And they want a pat on the back.
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Is the Overton Window a tool or a weapon?
If we want the ideological boundaries of society to help us build community rather than contribute to its compromise, we need to remember what they are for.
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Ideology versus economics
Solving our information crisis requires more than one solution because there is more than one problem
They told us
Smart, thoughtful people have been showing us the way to a more complete conversation about modern media and civic life for decades . It's time we listen.
Support over stimulus
If desperation isn't temporary, then relief can't be temporary.
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Verified does not mean trusted
A new study reveals that verified users on Twitter are sharing more deceptive information than ever
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Obligate mutualisms
Modern media systems are reinforcing the Left and Right's co-dependence.
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Maladjustment to injustice
What is happening in America should make us all uncomfortable
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Make America
If Trump was a symptom, it’s time to get to work on the dis-ease