I don’t think you are correct. Since the best way companies found to make money while giving things away for free is advertising, they need to keep people watching. Sadly the things that engage people most are fear and hatred. So that’s what we get served up.
It’s just the same old adages that news used to have, “if it bleeds, it leads”, but pushed up to 11.
It’s not The Internet or Smartphones. These are communication devices.
It’s people learning, thanks to increased networking and information access, that we live in a layer cake of dystopias.
I don’t think you are correct. Since the best way companies found to make money while giving things away for free is advertising, they need to keep people watching. Sadly the things that engage people most are fear and hatred. So that’s what we get served up.
It’s just the same old adages that news used to have, “if it bleeds, it leads”, but pushed up to 11.