S8 E1: The Myth of the Echo Chamber

About this episode

The episode explores the complexities of the information crisis in America and the trust issues surrounding news media and consumers.

Americans have access to a flood of news, and yet we're in a deep information crisis. What's really wrong with the news media? Is it what we think it is? And what about news consumers? Most of us don't trust the media, but can we trust ourselves? By John Biewen with co-host Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews: Ethan Jordan, Dannagal Young, and others. Story editor: Diane Hodson. Assistant Producer, Arlene Arevalo. Fact-checking by Anna Pujol Mazzini. Music by Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, Michelle Osis, Lili Haydn, Alex Weston, James Nathan Jones, Goodnight Lucas, and Jason Hill. Music consulting by Joe Augustine of Narrative Music. For more info, and transcripts, go to sceneonradio.org. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Hosts: John Biewen, Chenjerai Kumanyika

Guests: Ethan Jordan, Dannagal Young

Topics covered

• information crisis
• news media
• media trust
• news consumers
• echo chamber
• media criticism

Keywords

• news media
• information crisis
• trust
• echo chamber
• media criticism
• news consumers
• interviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, sceneonradio.org, dovetail.prx.org

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