Anne Applebaum Quotes

The thought that so many people get their news from social media really is scary.

I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more.

There has been a shift to what may be defined as a culture of negativity which goes well beyond coverage of politics.

Maybe it is because of Facebook or something else, but I have been interested in journalism for a long time.

Social media is its own sort of thing: Twitter and Facebook have changed the way everyone perceives everything.

I want to shine a spotlight on showing how dangerous Trump and his Twitter button can be.

To those who wish to shape the nation's political dialogue, social media is dangerous.

Around 2013-14, I started ranting on Twitter about the communal dysfunction that society was getting into. And I would have fights with trolls.

Come out and say it, Zuckerberg - 'Our platform that influences billions of people is being used to propagandize left-wing viewpoints.'

The Internet creates more space for extremism, and the echo chamber effect accelerates the process.

The important thing with Facebook is to remember that it played a role in facilitating Brexit because it inadvertently allowed leave-supporting groups to use harvested data to target key voters.

I've rarely talked about Obama's share of the blame for the rise of the alt-right and Gamergate.

I think social media is a slippery slope because while you're projecting something out to people, they also project back onto you what they want to see.

I'm not sure whether it's going to be the downfall of Rome - social media. There are too many secrets.

I think that social media platforms and technology have been the accelerator for the push for the populist-style administrations in democratically elected presidents.

What TV was to John Kennedy, Facebook is to Obama.

America can have social media, or we can have a healthy democracy — but it might have been foolish to think we could have both for long.

Kids on the Youtube, learning how to be cool.

I think there is no doubt that the advent of 24/7 news channels, which are voracious in their demand for constant new content, has accelerated the political process. The rise of social media, in addition to talkback, I think has intensified the political process.

I hear YouTube, Twitter and Facebook are merging to form a super Social Media site - YouTwitFace.

I think that that the main problem with a lot of social media stuff in terms of ratings is it's a very skewed motivation.

We're bombarded with media reports, with social media, with anyone with an opinion.

Part of what's changed in politics is social media and how people are receiving information.

The economist Juliet Schor talks about how our reference group has changed over the last twenty-five years. As we spend less time with our neighbors, we're spending more time with people we know from TV and social media, and this becomes our new reference group. The media is full of images of people with wealth, and we're comparing ourselves to them and aspiring to what they have. Instead of keeping up with the Joneses family, we're trying to keep up with the Kardashians, even though it's completely unrealistic.

I'm on social media a lot. It kind of revises or revives your career. Because of social media I get pictures and autographs from all over the place. If that wasn't around, people would wonder, "What's Frank Stallone up to?" Now they can just got to YouTube and see a million things. It's quite a bit of fun.