News consumption impacts political decision making, like who I want to support or oppose in local, state, and national elections.
That seems a pretty high impact decision we want all the members of our society to be making on a regular basis.
That seems a pretty high impact decision we want all the members of our society to be making on a regular basis.
But out of friends who engage in news it’s disproportionately at the global and nation level, so I don’t think they are really optimizing for civil engagement.