We are living in the age of another media revolution
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"There is a powerful censorship imposed on social media, created by financial interests, which means that polarising or aggressive material has a chance of breaking through," Dr. Marcin Napiórkowski, a semiotician and professor at the University of Warsaw, said in an interview with EURACTIV.pl.
In his view, social media will radically change our perception of politics and how democracy is perceived by the public. But there is nothing new in this. Plato already warned that the popularisation of writing could have a disastrous effect on social issues. The idea that as the dominant media changes, the political system also changes is well known to researchers.
"In the political media, the most aggressive politicians of the political parties concerned have the best chance of breaking through. The same is true for journalists. Cultural political debate is a thing of the past. But we must not let ourselves be told that this is normal and human. Before the introduction of algorithms, we were not like that," Napiórkowski said.
