Social media exploits public opinion, which resists challenge and change

Evidence

After all, it is public opinion that social media exploits, and public opinion that has no patience for ambiguity, context, or breaks with tradition. Public opinion is not looking to change or to be challenged; it is what wants a band to keep making songs exactly like the hit they once had. Conversations, whether with oneself or with others, are different. — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 482

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘band keeps making the hit’ analogy connects to the culture-industry critique; supports the reader’s defense framing. — connects to: Exposing people to diverse views fails because social media rewards outrage — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 479; Social media platforms simulate a public sphere they now merely exploit. — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the…, 580; Public opinion resists change while conversation invites being changed — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the…, 482
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Exposing people to diverse views fails because social media rewards outrage — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 479; Social media platforms simulate a public sphere they now merely exploit. — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the…, 580; Public opinion resists change while conversation invites being changed — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the…, 482