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Of Viruses And Vaccines - Peter Doherty

The Joe Walker Podcast

CHAPTER

The Politics of Social Media

With or without Russian interference, social media has definitely been driving a lot of the political polarization we're seeing. Because now where the media landscape is so fragmented, people can self-select the views that they want to consume. That's why I think things like Twitter are useful if you use it as a compensation. But the problem is you get channeled into a group of like-minded people.

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