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The Increasing Polarization of American Media

Growing up in Washington D.C., politics was always a topic of conversation. Whether in school, at home, or even at parties, we would be talking about what’s going on down on the Hill. CNN would always be playing in the background during family dinner, and presidential debate watch parties were a must every election season. Being aware of the journalism surrounding politics in America for so many years has allowed me to see a very clear shift in 2 things: the way we interact with people with different political views and the way the news was reported. It slowly crept on us American’s, but when Trump was elected in 2016 the whole thing broke open. The country was divided and there was no point in hiding it anymore. My parents, who used to watch Fox in the morning, banned it from being played in the house. My social media feeds become a battleground for different political views. At some point, algorithms and unfollowing curated my feed into a liberal echo chamber where all o...
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Censorship versus Propaganda

With the power of social media continuing to grow with no end in sight, I do believe that state governments are and will increasingly use it to control media narratives as opposed to strict press censorship. The ineffectiveness of press censorship is becoming more and more apparent. Simply shutting down the internet is not enough to stop the flow of information, whether accurate or not. The world and exchange of information has existed for hundreds of years without the internet. Humans have always found a way to communicate, and shutting down the internet will not stop the power of word of mouth. Furthermore, the impact on a country’s GDP by blocking internet access will never be worth the attempted information control. In today’s capitalist society, countries value their economic power more than ever before. Sacrificing a country’s economic power would be more catastrophic to a country than a free flow of information. Riots are more easy to control t...
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