Experts warn viral videos on social media are deepening racial divides and community tensions
Viral videos are not just shaping trends; they’re widening social divides, as explored in this article with insights from Dr. Ghayda Hassan : “While getting that many hits and likes may be a driving force for people who shared the video, psychologists and police say they’re also feeding social polarization by widening the racial divide, and the damage it can cause is profound.”
“There is this tendency of exposing or relaying real events, but not in an empathetic way. So, they’re not using it in a sense where someone takes a video or photo and then integrates it into a documentary that will make people think or call for solutions or empathy. We’re moving toward this high consumption of basically reality that is being used to feed social polarization.”
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