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The battle to rebuild our social media has started

Couldry, Nick (2025) The battle to rebuild our social media has started. LSE Inequalities (07 May 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The harms of social media platforms – from the mental health of young people to their role in creating rabbit holes for isolated adults who went on to commit atrocities – are well known. But to move forward, writes Nick Couldry, we must address the root cause of these problems: the decision to delegate the design our social spaces, at the most basic level, to profit-seeking businesses.

Item Type: Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/
Additional Information: © 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions: Media and Communications
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Date Deposited: 17 Jun 2025 14:15
Last Modified: 21 Sep 2025 00:57
URI: http://eprintstest.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/128450

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