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It's the Information, Stupid

Sir Francis Bacon in 1597 wrote “ipsa scientia potestas est,

An exception is Robert Epstein, a researcher now outside the academic mainstream, who has been publishing about the effects of search on elections since 2015, based on very extensive data collection. McChesney argues that the Internet, initially celebrated as a tool that would enhance democracy by enabling free communication and access to information, has instead been co-opted by corporate and capitalist forces. To illustrate this shown below are the answers to the question: “Which of these was the MAIN way in which you came across news in the last week?” where the study noted that there was a pattern of four types of behaviour:

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