h1. Journalism and Social Media - July 2016


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


 #media #socialmedia #business #humor #moronism 

Guardian story:

bq. "How journalism has adapted to the era of social media, where creating an emotional connection trumps getting the facts straight":https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jul/12/how-technology-disrupted-the-truth 


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: 

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"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.
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