@Green_Footballs same argument happened ~20yrs ago (around take off of YouTube) and was true then too.
Bottom line was/is that the internet and social media prompt people to be active and to engage. TV and mainstream media prompt people to consume from a central source.
If the former goes awry, you get dynamics with built in potential for self correction/buffering.
The latter going awry risks the collapse of the society and its civilisation, or at least its corruption.