Is The Internet Making Us Talk Like Trump? + How Language Impacts Our Politics

Описание: Skibidi rizz Labubu Dubai matcha. The internet—and its algorithms—have reshaped the words we use and the way we speak—but are those changes also affecting our politics? Adam Aleksic, known online as Etymology Nerd, joins Offline to talk to Jon about his new book “Algospeak” in which he makes sense of our new, internet-optimized linguistic landscape. Jon and Adam discuss how that landscape is changing our politics, how Donald Trump’s unusual syntax is designed to capture attention in it, and why brainrot has become the dominant aesthetic of the generations most native to the internet—Gen Z and Gen Alpha.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
02:16 - How did Adam get into linguistics and it’s connection to social media and algorithms
05:01 - Attention-grabbing language used on social media vs. nuanced conversation
07:32 - How does language used on social media affect politics?
18:16 - Ad break
21:23 - Trump’s influence on speech and engagement
31:58 - Trump vs. Democrats use of langue
37:47 - Ad break
40:29 - Will social media platforms try to incentivize less contemptuous language?
45:48 - How can people stay savvy an aware in an attention economy
49:31 - What is brain rot?
53:06 - How the internet influences different generations in the way they speak?
57:12 - Is the monoculture of language dying?

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Is the internet slowly breaking our brains, and if so, what can we do about it? Offline with Jon Favreau is a place where you can take a break from doom-scrolling and tune in to smarter, lighter conversations about the impact of technology & the internet on our collective culture. Intimate interviews between Pod Save America host Jon Favreau and notable guests like Stephen Colbert, Hasan Piker, ContraPoints, Margaret Atwood, and Megan Rapinoe spark curiosity and introspection around the various ways our extremely online existence shapes everything from the ways we live, work, and interact with one another. Together we’ll figure out how to live happier, healthier lives, both on and offline.

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