Beeindruckend geschrieben, fundiert recherchiert und durchdacht.Die Zeichnung aus Meyers Konversationslexikon erinnert mich an mein Lieblingswerk von Henri Rousseau (Tiger in a Storm). Wahrscheinlich aus der gleichen Zeit. Danke für die tolle Lektüre und die Einführung in die Arbeit von Prof. Mazzucato
Thanks, Dale! I agree on the two visuals (of course, Rousseau's work is in a different league). Prof. Mazzucato, in my view, muddles her own concise concept of Mission Economy in her own book with the examples she gives of current applications. But it doesn't diminish the great, and timely impact this work has.
Correction to footnote 11: even though, to my knowledge at least, no legislative attempts to apply a fairness doctrine to social media have been made, Victor Pickard, professor at the University of Pennsylvania discussed such a measure back in February as well:
I like the idea of forcing platforms to take over the responsibility of publishers. Yet, I don’t think that this is the main focus on what social media companies should become. Why? Because my primary source of concern is their monopolistic outreach. No publisher in the world should be given that amount of power. My ideal formula for social media companies: broken up into smaller entities that allow competitors to rise. Because diversity of opinion and content comes with a diversity of players.
Thanks for your comment! I probably didn't make it clear, but this suggestion is not intended to replace, but rather complement measures like the breakup of monopolies – which I wholeheartedly support, for a plethora of reasons. But would that alone make social media work for society, towards a better public sphere and deliberative democracy?
I particularly have Parler in mind: it added diversity to the total microblogging market. But within Parler, it is anything but diverse, and even worse than Twitter.
Still: a social media fairness doctrine alone would not solve the numerous issues either.
you are right! It will require a whole set of different actions to bring social media into a fair and democratic fairway. Thank you, for starting a debate on that.
Beeindruckend geschrieben, fundiert recherchiert und durchdacht.Die Zeichnung aus Meyers Konversationslexikon erinnert mich an mein Lieblingswerk von Henri Rousseau (Tiger in a Storm). Wahrscheinlich aus der gleichen Zeit. Danke für die tolle Lektüre und die Einführung in die Arbeit von Prof. Mazzucato
Thanks, Dale! I agree on the two visuals (of course, Rousseau's work is in a different league). Prof. Mazzucato, in my view, muddles her own concise concept of Mission Economy in her own book with the examples she gives of current applications. But it doesn't diminish the great, and timely impact this work has.
For good measure: Uri Friedman of The Atlantic, like Victor Pickard, advocates for a better public option as well https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/what-germany-can-teach-america-about-polarization/619582/
Correction to footnote 11: even though, to my knowledge at least, no legislative attempts to apply a fairness doctrine to social media have been made, Victor Pickard, professor at the University of Pennsylvania discussed such a measure back in February as well:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/02/04/fairness-doctrine-wont-solve-our-problems-it-can-foster-needed-debate/
He also makes the point for a better public option in his book "Democracy without Journalism? –
Confronting the Misinformation Society" of December 2019.
I like the idea of forcing platforms to take over the responsibility of publishers. Yet, I don’t think that this is the main focus on what social media companies should become. Why? Because my primary source of concern is their monopolistic outreach. No publisher in the world should be given that amount of power. My ideal formula for social media companies: broken up into smaller entities that allow competitors to rise. Because diversity of opinion and content comes with a diversity of players.
Thanks for your comment! I probably didn't make it clear, but this suggestion is not intended to replace, but rather complement measures like the breakup of monopolies – which I wholeheartedly support, for a plethora of reasons. But would that alone make social media work for society, towards a better public sphere and deliberative democracy?
I particularly have Parler in mind: it added diversity to the total microblogging market. But within Parler, it is anything but diverse, and even worse than Twitter.
Still: a social media fairness doctrine alone would not solve the numerous issues either.
you are right! It will require a whole set of different actions to bring social media into a fair and democratic fairway. Thank you, for starting a debate on that.