When Truth Becomes a Referendum by Likes

Every year, I try to read a couple of books on media ecology. Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman have been companions over the years, in part because their observations remain astute, even decades after they wrote. I had to read Antón Barba-Kay’s A Web of Our Own Making twice, not only because of the depth of its insights but also because of the concentration it demanded.Books like these are worth pondering because they help us see the why behind so much of what’s happening in our world—how media