Mark sits down with Dr Tauel Harper, Associate Professor with the School of Media and Communication at Murdoch University. We discuss the impact of social media platforms on public discourse and democracy, platforms use of algorithms in big data mining for media preferences, amplifying the “tyranny of the majority”.

The conversation also touched upon the spread of misinformation on social media platforms, comparing it to the spread of viruses but emphasizing that extreme claims and emotive content travel faster than evidence-based opposition or engagement with real people.

Tauel discussed his 2011 book “Democracy in the Age of New Media: Politics of the Spectacle,” which delves into the failure of democracy due to the inability of citizens to critically interrogate how democracy functions.

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