Vicious Cycles
Theses on a philosophy of news
Jackson, Greg
Publisher: Harper's Magazine
Year Published: 2020
Resource Type: Article
On the transformation of news media content and consumption in conjunction with democracy and ideology
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The principal effect of TV news is to create enagement through distress. News shows cannot connect viewers to meaningful actions they might take in their own llives to relieve this distress because these actions would mean ceasing to watch TV. And this is the goal to which all others will be sacrificed: to keep you watching.
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