Facebook and Google dominate the Canadian digital media advertising market, to the detriment of traditional media outlets, whose businesses are collapsing. Explain the media crisis, and what the Canadian government, and Canadians, should do to save local media. Here is a recent link:https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-news-act-meta-facebook-1.6885634

2. Digital media Activity:Is social media addictive? Watch the trailer forThe Social Dilemma:

What is the impact of social media on the quality of our daily living? Do you feel social media is constantly demanding your attention? What do you exchange with social media platforms, and what do you get in return? How can we change this 'social dilemma'-unplug, stay the same, or think with new ideas?

3.The Future of social media: Are you a Techno-Optimist, or a Techno-Pessimist?

Consider where social media has brought us, how it looks today, and where it's heading in the future. Are you an optimist like Mark Zuckerberg, or Bill Gates, or a pessimistic Jaron Lanier, or Tristan Harris inThe Social Dilemma?

Consider each of the following questions in your own response, with examples from this semester:

A.What are the benefits of social media; to you, and to society?

B.What are the drawbacks of social media, in your life, and in society's?

C.Where does social media go from here? What can be done to change it for the better? In what ways can it get worse?

Address each question, share your own thoughts about the future of social media, and explain why you are a techno-optimist, or a techno-pessimist.