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šŸŒŽ Discussion: Society and Politics

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Young men blame their own failure to leave the house/residence and learn social skills on women instead of themselves and their excessively isolating hobbies like video games.
 
Then the complaining will begin about not having enough soldiers.
 
Bloomberg published a stunning investigation detailing exactly how a cadre of top male influencers helped swing the election for Trump. The outlet reviewed over 2,000 videos from nine prominent YouTubers, streamers and podcasters and analyzed two years of transcripts to see how the creators and their guests discussed politics.

As Iā€™ve written before, Trumpā€™s inauguration wasnā€™t just a political moment, it was the culmination of a decades long seismic shift in the media landscape (my book, Extremely Online, documents this shift). Traditional media gatekeepers have been replaced by YouTubers and podcasters, especially for young, predominantly male voters.

Bloombergā€™s investigation into the content being published by big YouTubers reveals a pattern of pro-Trump messaging sandwiched between entertainment-focused content consisting of ā€œfree-wheeling discussions of sports, masculinity, internet culture, gambling and pranks,ā€ making it more digestible for apolitical audiences.

Compared to the American right, the left has next to no internet media at all.
 



This is getting out of hand.
 

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