The Chaos of Our Political Media | Alison Dagnes | TEDxHarrisburg

How our modern political media makes us outraged and angry and solutions to help calm the chaos. Alison Dagnes is Professor of Political Science at Shippensburg University. She is the author of A Conservative Walks Into a Bar: The Politics of Political Humor (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) and Politics on Demand: The Effects of 24 Hour News on American Politics. She is a former C-SPAN producer and is frequently interviewed in the national and international press about American politics and political media. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@itouchtheskyilovetrentino]

Thank you so much for talking about this argument. You are right, we are living in technology and fast communication now a days. I am living here on the top of the mountain of Trentino Italy, thanks to technology I can watch and listen to you. We are lucky living in this era.

[@jamesredman462]

That all makes a lot of sense. I"ve seen people who are so stuck to news media, especially TV, and they talk about politics a lot, even if it doesn't really make sense. Other's encourage me to watch news, and avoid reading. The last time I had watched more than 30 minutes or more of TV media in one day was over 15 years ago! I care less for politics, and spend a lot of time concentrating on other things. Things which involve me and my development. Media are like telemarketers, who are hungry in conning you for money!

[@RalphDratman]

Thank you for a good tal;k. Some of the recent worst examples of anger and insults on social media have come -- I'm convinced -- from foreign meddling whose purpose is to damage our political system. I think the social media companies are increasingly able to screen those messages. And that is helping, I believe.

[@tariqqazzaz8101]

thank god i deactivated all my social media accounts and stopped watching TV 3 years ago.

[@davidvincent6149]

Support a government that is designed and run for all ALL the people.

[@narrativegatherer3128]

How do I recognize such a government?

[@davidvincent6149]

@@narrativegatherer3128 For one thing it would not be a government pitting various groups against each another, rich against poor, middle class against rich,etc.

[@spiritzweispirit1st638]

6:57- Beginning !??!