Journalism and Social Media - July 2016

http://jothut.com/cgi-bin/junco.pl/replies/74320

#media #socialmedia #business #humor #moronism

Guardian story:

How journalism has adapted to the era of social media, where creating an emotional connection trumps getting the facts straight

http://mediagazer.com/160712/p9#a160712p9

This sounds like more whining by the media industry. Once again, the media blames something else for their problems.

Why did the media choose to participate in this so-called abusive technology? Because media needs the page views. That means more #advertising dollars. The media needs this because they offer their product for free.

It's not technology's fault that the media failed to create a viable business.

And if Facebook never contained a news story from a professional media org, Facebook would still be huge, and it would continue to hum along because the users get other value from Facebook than as a place to read news.

#quote from the Guardian post:

"Now, we are caught in a series of confusing battles between opposing forces: between truth and falsehood, fact and rumour, kindness and cruelty; between the few and the many, the connected and the alienated; between the open platform of the web as its architects envisioned it and the gated enclosures of Facebook and other social networks; between an informed public and a misguided mob.