Constructive Media
7. Massively Parallel Roles & Tasks
Constructive Media actively work to defend and strengthen the ability and inclination of journalists to provide the public with accurate and understandable information about the problems facing society, available options for addressing those problems, and, the things that their political leaders are actually doing (or not doing) to solve those problems. Their goal is to encourage the media to better support democracy by promoting content that is constructive, rather than inflammatory and inaccurate. Examples include Ad Fontes Media, AllSides Media, and the Solutions Journalism Network (also listed earlier under communication thinkers). Beyond this, there is FIRE's effort to defend free speech, Greg Lukianoff's efforts to promote a culture of free speech, and the Heterodox Academy's effort to promote viewpoint diversity. There are also those helping us think through the problem of self-censorship and the paradox of having to tolerate intolerance in the name of free speech.
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