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News media post 10 times as many negative as positive stories so not sure what you base the idea that people like to see more positive than negative. In fact th

News media post 10 times as many negative as positive stories so not sure what you base the idea that people like to see more positive than negative. In fact the climate change discussions is dominated by negative stories.

dredmorbius 9y ago
Project Censored tracks underreported stories. These are overwhelmingly negative. They're typically systemic (e.g., they aren't easily solved, and they are complex, which means hard to report and make accessible). They often fit poorly into established narratives, and/or are outside the Overton Window. Many challenge Establishment and/or Power. Or concern low-appeal / low-sympathy victims. http://projectcensored.org/category/the-top-25-censored-stories-of-2016-2017/ http://projectcensored.org/category/the-top-25-censored-stor...
- ThomPete 9y ago
  That underreported stories are overwhelmingly negative does not mean that reported stories are overwhelmingly positive those two have nothing to do with each other. Negative stores are what we hear most not positive ones. http://www.journalism.org/2000/10/31/negative-vs-positive/ http://www.journalism.org/2000/10/31/negative-vs-positive/ https://qz.com/307214/heres-what-happened-when-a-news-site-only-reported-good-news-for-a-day/ https://qz.com/307214/heres-what-happened-when-a-news-site-o...
  - dredmorbius 9y ago
    Again, you're arguing a point I've not made, and I seem to be poorly communicating that large stories with complex dynamics, often with unsympathetic or marginalised victims, and or which challenge cultural narratives or established powers, and most especially, challenge the reader's well-being without offering a clear solution or course of action, are poorly represented. There are a few studies of news content and coverage. The Tyndall Report looks at prime-time news coverage, overview available online. The PEJ News Coverage Index looks at TV, radio, talk radio, and print for selected national sources, though it's not. The Vanderbilt Archive similarly has national news data (and content) dating to the 1960s (summaries/headlines online). Local TV, radio, and print are a whole 'nother barrel of fish, though notably a major staple of Los Angeles (and many other regions') live TV coverage is ... vehicle chases. Much of the coverage is both, yes, negative, and non-substantial. Commercial, entertainment, sport, celebrity, "weird", and otherwise trivial matter. But not, as a rule, matters of serious existential import. http://tyndallreport.com http://tyndallreport.com http://www.journalism.org/news_index_methodology/ http://www.journalism.org/news_index_methodology/ https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-high-speed-car-chases-of-los-angeles https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-high-spee...
    - ThomPete 9y ago
      Ok so we agree that there is more negative news than positive.

dredmorbius 9y ago

Project Censored tracks underreported stories. These are overwhelmingly negative. They're typically systemic (e.g., they aren't easily solved, and they are complex, which means hard to report and make accessible). They often fit poorly into established narratives, and/or are outside the Overton Window. Many challenge Establishment and/or Power. Or concern low-appeal / low-sympathy victims. http://projectcensored.org/category/the-top-25-censored-stories-of-2016-2017/ http://projectcensored.org/category/the-top-25-censored-stor...

ThomPete 9y ago
That underreported stories are overwhelmingly negative does not mean that reported stories are overwhelmingly positive those two have nothing to do with each other. Negative stores are what we hear most not positive ones. http://www.journalism.org/2000/10/31/negative-vs-positive/ http://www.journalism.org/2000/10/31/negative-vs-positive/ https://qz.com/307214/heres-what-happened-when-a-news-site-only-reported-good-news-for-a-day/ https://qz.com/307214/heres-what-happened-when-a-news-site-o...
- dredmorbius 9y ago
  Again, you're arguing a point I've not made, and I seem to be poorly communicating that large stories with complex dynamics, often with unsympathetic or marginalised victims, and or which challenge cultural narratives or established powers, and most especially, challenge the reader's well-being without offering a clear solution or course of action, are poorly represented. There are a few studies of news content and coverage. The Tyndall Report looks at prime-time news coverage, overview available online. The PEJ News Coverage Index looks at TV, radio, talk radio, and print for selected national sources, though it's not. The Vanderbilt Archive similarly has national news data (and content) dating to the 1960s (summaries/headlines online). Local TV, radio, and print are a whole 'nother barrel of fish, though notably a major staple of Los Angeles (and many other regions') live TV coverage is ... vehicle chases. Much of the coverage is both, yes, negative, and non-substantial. Commercial, entertainment, sport, celebrity, "weird", and otherwise trivial matter. But not, as a rule, matters of serious existential import. http://tyndallreport.com http://tyndallreport.com http://www.journalism.org/news_index_methodology/ http://www.journalism.org/news_index_methodology/ https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-high-speed-car-chases-of-los-angeles https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-high-spee...
  - ThomPete 9y ago
    Ok so we agree that there is more negative news than positive.