MK

A democratic cultural politics would be developmentalist — oriented to learning, growth and discovery — rather than presentist. 

For one, social-media operators discovered that the more emotionally charged the content, the better it spread across its users’ networks.

The means of circulation are algorithmic, and they are not subject to democratic accountability or control. Hyperconnectivity has in fact further concentrated power over the means of circulation in the hands of the giant platforms that design and control the architectures of visibility.