Stop calling them ‘social’: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, et al are the new mainstream media

The Roseanne Barr debacle, occurring almost exclusively on Twitter, is just the latest proof that social platforms are just as powerful, divisive and reliant on pandering to an audience as any cable news show.
— Read on www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-mcnamara-social-media-20180602-story.html