Audio is an intimate experience, and audiences often develop parasocial, or one-sided, relationships with a voice so closely in their ear. The saga indicates that Spotify, the 15-year-old audio streaming platform, is now in the company of other new media peers like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Amazon in being held responsible for the content shared on their platforms, without necessarily having mechanisms or policy in place to deal with a flood of problematic material.Īnd when it comes to misinformation, audio is arguably unique.
He’s particularly popular among young men one audience survey found that Rogan’s listenership is 71 percent male.
He also treated his own case of the virus with ivermectin, an anti-parasite medication that is approved for human use but not proven to effectively treat covid, and has repeatedly promoted it as a viable cure. In the last year, his guests promoted covid conspiracy theories including that covid vaccines are gene therapy (they are not) and that vaccines contain microchips (they do not). This isn’t the first time Rogan has come under fire for spreading misinformation. Meanwhile, Rogan’s fans, including the musician Jewel and entertainer Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, cheered on his explainer video in the comments. Over the weekend, other musicians expressed support for Young, including his former bandmate David Crosby, and Joni Mitchell also pulled her catalog.
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