Cultural Pessimists

    Cards (10)

    • Cultural pessimists are critical of new media as they believe it reduces interconnections, looses connections, leads to comparission, endorses lying and is a threat to democracy
    • They see the issues in validity of information available online
    • They argue new media houses cultural and media imperialism meaning that views from the West are more promenent
    • The Cambridge Analytic Scandal is where political propoganda was posted to people in order to gain votes. This was done by selling people's data
    • The new media leads to big companies having a say in politics meaning they are excercising power without responsibility (Curran and Seaton)
    • The new media means there is increased surveillance (Foucault)
    • Mackinnon argues how the new media is a form of surveillance, especially seen in China where new media use is highly monitored
    • There is a lack of regulation online causing more cyber-crimes and bullying
    • Preston argues that people consume media that is recommended to them meaning that issues are only brought to their attention when a friend speaks of it first. This means people are not consuming more within the usage of new media outlets
    • Barnett and Seymour showed how their is poorer-quality media content with a dumbing down and tabloidisation of popular culture to attract larger audiences