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132 Microlog entries tagged with ‘media’
Martha Raddatz and the faux objectivity of journalists
It’s easy to ignore these subtle (and not so subtle) biases because we’re too focused on the big picture, but obviously we need to pay closer attention. Permalink ·
Who Copyedits the Copy Editors?
If you think this is bad, it’s nothing compared to the copy many journalists submit. Permalink ·
The corrections column co-editor on… the changing role of the subeditor
Subbing is hard work. Wish I was doing more of it, though. Permalink ·
Fungible
“A treatise on fungibility, or, a framework for understanding the mess the news industry is in and the opportunities that lie ahead.” Emphasising quality is the most important thing to take away from this, I think; there is certainly a tendency among traditional media outlets to assume their content has merit simply because it’s theirs. Permalink ·
Mail Supremacy
The New Yorker on The Daily Mail: the closest media outlet in the UK and Ireland to Fox News in terms of reality distortion. Permalink ·
Binge watching contemporary TV
Dan Hill five years ago, being very prescient. Binge watching, timeshifting, whatever you call it — between the DVR and box sets, it’s 90% of our home viewing now. Permalink ·
Roger Ailes and the rise of Fox News
“To watch even a day of Fox News — the anger, the bombast, the virulent paranoid streak, the unending appeals to white resentment, the reporting that is held to the same standard of evidence as a political campaign attack ad — is to see a refraction of its founder, one of the most skilled and fearsome operatives in the history of the Republican party … Ailes has used Fox News to pioneer a new form of political campaign — one that enables the Republican party to bypass sceptical reporters and wage an around-the-clock, partisan assault on public opinion. The network, at its core, is a giant soundstage created to mimic the look and feel of a news operation, cleverly camouflaging political propaganda as independent journalism.” The rest is even worse. What a scumbag. Permalink ·
The Underground Bit Network
Michael Sippey adding his piece to the AV Club’s article on ‘the convenience trap’. It’s not really a new phenomenon: brick-and-mortar music and book stores have operated along the same lines for decades. Meanwhile, there will always be an underground, and there will always be an alternative. Permalink ·
‘March Backwards Into the Future’ — Marshall McLuhan’s Century
Notes on The Medium Is The Massage. Which reminds me, I’ve still to read Understanding Media. Permalink ·
Bangor Daily News: A complete publishing system on WordPress
I suppose something like this could be done with any extendable CMS. An in a few year’s time there’ll be dedicated software to do everything in one fell swoop. Permalink ·
Steven Soderbergh’s media diet
A year of films, books, TV, plays and stories consumed. Including Raiders of the Lost Ark three times. In black and white! [c/o Kottke]. Permalink ·
Erase and rewind
On the recent deletion of swathes of content from the BBC website, which will in the future prove to be as shortsighted as the erasing of archive videotapes in previous decades. Permalink ·
How live blogging has transformed journalism
Transformed? I don’t know about that. But it’s certainly made things more immediate, and works very well for events such as sports as they happen. In that respect live blogs might be the new radio. Permalink ·
Curation? What the hell does that mean?
Storyful explains it well: “Out of a fast-flowing river of news, curators are the zen-like bears, sitting amid the chaos, selectively plucking out the juiciest, shiniest salmon and then explaining which bits to eat.” Permalink ·
Kanye West, media cyborg
Actually the title of this piece is a bit misleading, as the point is that we’re all media cyborgs now. Permalink ·
The Editor and the Curator (Or the Context Analyst and the Media Synesthete)
In short, the concept of curation is being corrupted by the use of the term as a fancy synonym for ‘editing’ or ‘selecting’. After all, the act of curating is about preserving things, not cutting them away. [c/o Fimoculous] Permalink ·
Kottke on ‘the new rules for reviewing media’
It’s an interesting phenomenon, but not the kind of trend I want to see. Kottke says: “In the end, people don’t buy content or plots, they buy physical or digital pieces of media for use on specific devices and within certain contexts.” I disagree: people DO buy content. If I buy a book, I’m buying it for the story; the format is entirely secondary, regardless of my personal preferences. Giving a book a bad rating because you can’t read it on your Kindle or whatever? That’s just bullshit whatever way you cut it. Permalink ·
Pitchfork bemoans the absense of modern-day gonzo journalism
Gonzo was great when it emerged because there was nothing else like it, though now that there is we have no need for it, at least for its own sake. But the essence of gonzo — the risk-taking, the bucking of the rules — is missing, especially in the fields this piece is concerned with, where a bit of adventure would go a long way. That essense is the reason why I read Digitiser religiously in the ’90s, even though I wasn’t a gamer. Permalink ·
The Guardian has just launched its PDF news digest, G24
As previously noted here. Looks like it went live on Friday. They slipped that one out unannounced, didn’t they? Looks good so far; I may have further thoughts on it later. Permalink ·
Associated files losses on Irish division
Considering the sheer number of people I’ve seen around Dublin reading the Irish Daily Mail — the filthy rag that it is — I’m sure they’ll make the money back soon enough. Permalink ·
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