Regulation of Media in the Electronic Age

Abstract

In the electronic age, people’s social interactions are entirely changed, which is caused by the internet. Oversharing makes the social media be fulled of “too much information” (T.M.I.), reducing people’s capacity of judgement. It will bring a deleterious effect on the quality of information circulating. Thus, the internet has become an immense source of entertainment easily. Judging from the “culture industry” proposed by the Frankfurt School, it can be seen that social media has become a new “culture industry”. This “culture industry” incentivizes mass production of low-quality entertainment. Therefore, the social media regulation and possible remedies to the psychological effects of social media must be valued.