What a bummer, video is no way to absorb important knowledge, whether that's TV or TikTok.
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2023
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I think there are great educational stuff you can learn from TV, TikTok and YouTube.
I’m a bit more sad that there is less passive exercise for discourse though.
Perhaps our generation(s) had the greatest opportunity for learning discourse and debate and that will be lost as we progress.
nah, video is absolutely useful for some things, such as tutorials. i was able to repair my car's mirror very easily using a video guide whereas a written guide likely would have been incomprehensible when describing how to remove the door paneling
Why not? I don't necessarily disagree, but on the other hand oral history has been effective for 95% of human history.
Putting a friendly face on information can improve retention substantially. I don't see reading being a universally better way to learn.
In the U.S. — a long way away from Ukraine — RISJ sees a different pattern of news avoidance: “We find that consumers are more likely to avoid subjects such as national politics and social justice, where debates over issues such as gender, sexuality, and race have become highly politicized.”
So 70% of the right will just avoid news like Republicans Declare Banning Universal Free School Meals a 2024 Priority. They just don't want to see it.
I wonder how much people have been driven away from these websites and kinds of interaction by unchecked toxicity and misinformation.
At least through tiktok and other video content its more likely to be human made rather than ai generated