COM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Attention Economy, Deal With The Devil, Graphical User Interface
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People believed social media would better the world, encourage our democracy. People thought it would be god"s tool, but it turned out to be satan"s tool. You must up the anty every time, the only way to do this is by outrage. Since then, people have claimed it is a sheep in wolf"s clothing (a bad thing) Culture of outrage - organic to social media. Culture outrage is not compatible with democracy. Social media may not be what amplifies technology, but what stabs it in the back. Culture of outrage is how we measure authenticity. Interactivity - interaction between you and a machine. Item through which the intel is delivered.
