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 housescultural 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