PO101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Harry Frankfurt, Mass Communication, Electoral Fraud
11 Oct 2020
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Everyone a blogger, everyone a journalist but is this what we want, or what is really happening: public reports and commentary no longer restricted to media professionals, infrapoltics in action, extends the watchdog role of the media. Static broadcast model- consumers are not part of the production process. Mobile broadcast consumption- consumers are simultaneously in position to produce the news . He does not reject the authority of the truth, as the liar does, and oppose himself to it. By virtue of this, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are (franfurt: in other words, public life is increasingly run by people who don"t care much about the truth, they care about their narratives. James ball why is bullshit in ascendency: technology, the rise of internet, but also, new economics. The business model of the media does not rely on circulation revenues but on the advertising leading to the loss of independence.
