Social Media and its role in lowering the level of public discourse
Social media has become a breeding ground for hate and misinformation, harming the public discourse. The world is on the cusp of the fourth industrial revolution. Social media has become a very significant part of our lives and it increasingly continues to occupy a center stage in the way we communicate and how we perceive the world. In a broader sense, it has revolutionized communication, given voice to the unheard and changed the way we organize our societies. But many significant drawbacks of social media have begun to emerge. The most important among them is the spread of misinformation and the open hate mongering on social media. Misinformation spreads faster Online dissemination of information and its spread through social media has been shaped in a ruthless ecosystem, one based on advertisement revenue and the ability of the information to seek attention from the users. Hence, a larger emphasis is given to speed and sensationalism than to truth and accuracy. The shifting r...
