Outrage Overload: Staying grounded through science and balanced perspectives
If you're angry, frustrated, or scared about the state of politics and media and looking for thoughtful, balanced discussions, this podcast is for you. About 30 minutes every few weeks. It will change your life.
Outrage Overload explores the extreme polarization and political bias dominating politics and media today. We dive into the anger and outrage that drive divisions between people, distort the news, and fuel political violence. Each episode features leading scientists, researchers, authors, and community leaders tackling topics like outrage fatigue, toxic polarization, extremism, healthy conflict, disinformation, social media's role in outrage, and the influence of technology and artificial intelligence.
Join us to rediscover humanity in your rivals, improve your mental health, and find practical strategies to feel less stressed and more in control in a world fueled by outrage.
Outrage Overload: Staying grounded through science and balanced perspectives
23. For the most part, people are speaking into the void - Sanjay Jolly
What Baker's Ideas on Media Can Teach Us About Democracy
Sanjay Jolly discusses the work of C. Edwin Baker, a leading scholar of constitutional law, communications law, and free speech. Baker argued that the First Amendment should protect the public's right to receive information from diverse sources. Jolly explains how media decisions are made, how technology fuels outrage, and the importance of understanding the forces that shape the narratives that impact us.
Key Takeaways:
- The First Amendment is about individual dignity and ensuring a robust and open public discourse.
- Local journalism functions as a public good and requires public investment to fill gaps left by the commercial media system.
- Public media alternatives are necessary to provide resources and infrastructure for communities to produce and distribute media that represents themselves.
- Social cohesion and trust are difficult to achieve in a deeply unequal society.
- Unequal societies stoke social anger and resentment, which can be directed by well-organized groups.
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