Remember that we live in a world where the most clickable headlines make the most money and thus the way the world is represented by the media often isn’t the reality of how things work.
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Remember that we live in a world where the most clickable headlines make the most money and thus the way the world is represented by the media often isn’t the reality of how things work.
Consider the flow of a story today. The net turns the narrative form inside-out as web sites, blogs, and social-media feeds start in the middle, with the latest in tales and conversations on top of streams that may never end, whose beginnings cannot necessarily be found. Perhaps that is a truer representation of reality: life as messy process rathe
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the medium through which information is conveyed fundamentally, whether that’s reading this substack or watching a short-form video, shapes how we define truth.
The Algorithm Won’t Save Us
People are shocked by the notion that MrBeast can have 20 times the reach of the largest newspaper in the world. But even more shocking is the fact that this cultural shift is still in its early stages. You ain’t seen nothing yet, folks. And all this is happening much faster than most people realize—especially those who live inside the
... See moreTed Gioia • The State of the Culture
“It’s a paradox of online publishing that the moments that generate the most excitement and traffic usually yield the lowest ad rates or go unsold.”
Ray Velez • Converge: Transforming Business at the Intersection of Marketing and Technology
As I’ve been suggesting through my last few pieces, these subjects and news stories are more like the figures on the TV than the ground on which we actually live. Yes, they are real events and have real repercussions. But to most of us, most of these phenomena are not directly related to our lived, moment-to-moment experience. Even if our house is ... See more
Everything is In-Between
We now live in a digital age, in which information becomes fluid and variable. All that was solid has melted into air. In the print world, getting your facts right was about competence and care; now what the facts are depends on what date you access a website, or which website you visit. The nature of information has changed irreversibly.
Diana M. Smith • Putting an end to political nonsense
Media serves not just as a conduit for messages but as an arbiter of reality itself. Friederich Kittler, the German media theorist, said it best, “Media defines what really is”. These days, the equation is straightforward: if something cannot be verified via Google or substantiated by media outlets, its very existence is questioned.
JUSTICE THELOT • Everything is default fake — 13101401 Inc.
This isn’t really anything novel. But in our hyper-digital age, how information is framed often matters more than the substance of that information itself.