Mass Media
Types of content
Discussion/Comments
Bad News
Entertainment/Lifestyle
Magnifying the bad in others
SG: Sylvia Chan toxic work culture
Global: Amber Heard lawsuit, K-pop star Koo Woo Jin's sexual assault allegations
Social commentary
Mediums such as instagram wakeupsingapore
Propelling empathetic efforts
SG: Kalwant Singh, a convicted Malaysian drug trafficker, was hanged despite being willing to give information to the police
Provides realistic expectations
Global: Covid reports
Global: Donating to developing countries, Ukraine
Social commentary
Losing the ability to think for themselves
Unfairly damage the reputation of a person or community
Global: Facebook using algorithms -> Echo chambers
SG: LGBTQ survey sparked over 30000 responses
Global: #Oscarsowhite
channel that eats pig in 100 days
While there are those who does not understand SG's crime system, but SG does have measures to showcase their crime system eg Crimewatch
SG: Amos Yee mocking Lee Kuan Yew
Global: Trump racist tweets
But celebrities can also stand up for these social causes eg
Falsehoods
Promotes freedom
Global: Shanghai residents bypassing censorship to document their experiences of poor conditions in quarantine
Radical views
SG: Reddit teenager arrested for plotting Mosque attack
Advertisements
Improper
Educational roles
Misleading
Global: misleading cigarette advertisement in Bangladesh that claims its good
Adverse effect on self confidence
Global: Ads of slim women encouraging unhealthy eating habits
Global: Grammarly ads
Local: Dennis Chew brown-facing
Global: Dove racist ad about black woman turning into a white woman, evaluation: actually cares, did not mean it
K-pop star Koo Woo Jin
2016 US election fake news eg Hillary supports ISIS
Mindlessly following the fads
Tosh Zhang
Following harmful options
Blackout challenge where people try to make themselves faint
Fast fashion brands like Zara and SHEIN which advertise themselves on social media platforms (based on the algorithm)
Greenwashing!!!
Following in order to stay relevant or be popular
Town in Austria called Hallstatt got overrun by visitors after it was shown in instagram posts, visitors disturbed the peace there