Yes, our #InformationEnvironment has been transformed. #MarshallMcLuhan suggested that was in part because #politicians had become #icons in the age of #electronic #media, an idea I explored in this 2022 piece: doncurren.blogspot.com/2022/11/they...

*** “in our transformed #informationenvironment, with its premium on attention, drama and passion, #democracy can’t be defended simply by #legal constraints and #rationalpolicies.” *** timothygartonash.substack.com/p/how-should...