Network Propaganda: Media Systems and the Collapse of Shared Reality
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
This episode explores Network Propaganda by Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris, and Hal Roberts as a systems-level analysis of media ecosystems, institutional trust, and epistemic fragmentation.
The discussion examines:
· incentive structures
· institutional persistence
· propaganda feedback loops
· asymmetric media ecosystems
· technological amplification
· democratic legitimacy
Rather than treating misinformation as a purely technological problem, this analysis traces how partisan identity reinforcement and…
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