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The silver lining: people recognize that the move from traditional to online journalism has created echo chambers that leave the public unsatisfied. Even though
by zwieback 5y ago
The silver lining: people recognize that the move from traditional to online journalism has created echo chambers that leave the public unsatisfied. Even though we're being fed what reinforces our view we realize it's not what we want, the article states that this is true for partisans as well.
Hopefully at least some news organizations will figure out a better path, I'm sure we won't go back to the old days but the fact that the younger demographic has pretty much left news media behind means that that generation will have to figure out something more balanced.
- hirundo 5y agoI think that rather than creating the echo chamber, it has just made them more visible and more niche. In the old days, most of the country was part of the echo chamber that Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley, et. al. led. Since we were (mostly) all in it, it didn't seem like a bubble, just reality. Now internet tech is letting us inflate our own bespoke bubbles, and easily peer into the the other bubbles. Yes this causes conflict. But in the end multiple echo chambers are an improvement over one big one, plus a few small alternatives that only weirdos like me were in.
- zwieback 5y agoWell, everyone being in the same echo chamber is much better than what we have today. At least that's the conventional wisdom. Agree about technology making an existing problem more visible, though. It's not like human nature has suddenly changed.
- ghaff 5y ago>Hopefully at least some news organizations will figure out a better path That path seems to be pretty clear: charging for a subscription. But that's probably only a path open to global brands and popular niches.