Teri_Kanefield ,
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My thinking on what must happen to save democracy has evolved.

Fact: The United States has been a backsliding democracy for some time.

Fact: We are in an information disruption.

Because democracy requires facts and an educated population, the question is whether enough people will develop the media literacy needed in this new age of information quickly enough.

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MAD_democracy ,
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Thank you @Teri_Kanefield for these thoughts and spurring this discussion.

Teri and @franktaber
@tawtovo
@jeffjarvis @marie_k
@VCP @steve_zeke @DaveMWilburn
@Nonya_Bidniss @MaierAmsden

We'd be very happy to hear ideas of how a group like ours we can help tackle these problems concretely.

Clearly, it will take years but for obvious reasons we'd like to focus on the next 10 months—longer-term ideas are welcome, too.

We will start with Teri's essay and reading list.

https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org

tawtovo ,
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@MAD_democracy
I bet @wdlindsy has ideas about these questions.

wdlindsy ,
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@tawtovo @MAD_democracy Thanks for your recommendation, Tawtovo. You're very kind.

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