Kids and parents are ‘doomscrolling’, and feeling the effects online
A global pandemic, lockdown, fluctuating Covid-19 cases, political corruption, and global instability that includes espionage by cell phone manufacturers and ...
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Echo chambers are death knell of democracy & advertising is the antidote
We need to find ways that the best, most broadly appealing, accurate and trustworthy news can be distributed at no ...
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The media often conflates malicious criticism with genuine critique: why it shouldn’t
News media sector representatives, journalists and editors often respond to criticism of the press with assertions that the freedom and ...
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Jobs on the line at ANA and Independent Media
Staff retrenchments are underway at the African News Agency (ANA) and Independent Media but the two are not linked. A ...
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Unlocking journalism resilience: Adapting a digital business model to promote press freedom
Publishers globally are adapting to the digital present, yet even the most experienced practitioners are hard-pressed to define what constitutes ...
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Attention economy: Facebook delivers traffic but no money for news media
The bottom line is there is no data yet to verify how well news publishers manage to convert social media ...
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