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He innovated in a world rife with plagiarism, censorship, death threats, and worse What many people don’t know about Shakespeare the poet and playwright is that he became wealthy in the new media business of his time — public theater. Numerous startup companies built large open-air playhouses in London at the end of the 1500s. […]
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Media consumers look in vain for help and solutions amid rampant misinformation As a journalist, I am somewhat ashamed to say that I actively avoid reading the news—some of the news, anyway. I can’t bear to read anything that mentions the name of the previous president or his political party or voter fraud or any […]
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Fact checkers globally offer alternatives to the flood of lies and misinformation Why write about “reasons for optimism” when so much is going wrong in our politics, economy, and environment? Optimism gives us confidence that we can make things better. As I like to say, it’s another day of opportunity. Much of what I read […]
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Leaders in academia, business, journalism are collaborating on urgent global crises Why write about “reasons for optimism” when so much is going wrong in our politics, economy, and environment? Optimism gives us confidence that we can make things better. As I like to say, today is another day of opportunity. Jared Diamond, whose bestsellers have […]
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We journalists assume it’s a problem, but plenty of independent data says no Consider this blog entry a followup to my recent post, Economists ask, Does advertising actually work? The alarm bells started ringing for me when I saw the article in First Draft discrediting a Rolling Stone story that depicted anti-vaxers as pawns of […]
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Experts point to data that supports President Biden’s view “Ask any expert, they will tell you that Facebook is the most dangerous player in the digital world.” When I read this opinion from Frederic Filloux, a digital media expert, I was surprised by its severe tone. But he went on: “The social network’s business model […]
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A former student recently interviewed me on the use of algorithms in social networks. He was doing a research project for another journalism professor. Weren’t these algorithms leading to the spread of disinformation in the news? he asked. Yes, the algorithms had allowed for the rapid spread of hoaxes and conspiracy theories related to covid-19. […]
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