How BuzzFeed Manipulates Fast and Slow Thinking to Win the Internet
Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.
CPJ promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.
How BuzzFeed Manipulates Fast and Slow Thinking to Win the Internet
‘Deadline’: A Fascinating Look Behind the Scenes of a Struggling Philadelphia Newspaper
With the increased presence of large-scale media conglomerates and online news forums, the newspaper industry has taken a disastrous hit, yet over half of American citizens remain unaware of the trials now facing our trusted journalists and photographers. For Deadline, photographer Will Steacy confronts the brutal truth of contemporary news by photographing the historic offices of The Philadelphia Inquirer, where his father worked for decades.
Who Owns Media (US Edition)
Via Gizmodo, which also includes graphics on what brands own what consumer goods, consolidation in financial markets, what auto makers own what cars, and what breweries make what beer… which is important.
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Those picking up the print issue of The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday morning were greeted by a paper from another era.
“The bull market of 1885 began July 2, with the average price of 12 active stocks 61.49,” reads the first sentence of the top story on the front page. “The rise culminated May 18, 1887, with the same twelve stocks selling at 93.27.”
The Journal marked its 125th anniversary on Tuesday by re-issuing the cover of its first issue from July 8, 1889, along with a helpful guide underneath explaining the ancient headlines. Read more…
This continued depiction has, I think, some real-world consequences. Salon’s Andrew Leonard pointed out that, during the Boston crisis last week, a lot of people on Twitter referred to journalistic snafus by referencing Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom — despite the fact that the show has been panned and mocked to a fare-thee-well. Though we may not like the show, its wide visibility and availability as a shared reference has made it the focal point through which we see of the press’ difficulty in balancing speed and accuracy, even though that subject is hardly new. I think Leonard is right, but I’d make one annotation: the people on Twitter making this comparison were, I think, mostly journalists. Media people are thinking of themselves and their profession through these fictional depictions. And they’re almost entirely negative.Wrote about how most fictional journalists have no redeeming qualities and how this might affect journalists’ self-perception and perception of the news audience.
Media Trends Last Week.
The FCC vote expected today could dramatically impact the flow of digital content Americans receive, not to mention the bottom line for many major U.S. technology and content companies.
So, where could the public find news about this issue? In 2014, coverage of net neutrality has been all but absent from network and cable news coverage. It was primarily a Web debate.