Sociologist / Coronavirus We all know the Chernobyl script. A badly designed reactor suffered a meltdown. The decrepit Soviet regime tried to hide the disaster. Millions of citizens were put at risk. And the truth came out. The regime paid the…
UK’s internet / record levels Our annual Online Nation report shows that in April 2020, during the height of the coronavirus lockdown, UK adults spent a daily average of four hours and two minutes online. This is up from just under three and…
Coronavirus Pandemic / Social Media “War is the locomotive of history,” said Leon Trotsky in 1922, arguing that social developments that would normally unfold over decades can take place in months when conflict is raging. The coronavirus pandemic is similar…
Election / Media agenda Over the past six months, it has seemed like every news story is about the coronavirus, or President Donald Trump’s failed response to it. It’s been a challenge for even crucial issues like racial justice and…
Coronavirus infections / United States Coronavirus infections have surged in a number of states, setting the United States on a markedly different pandemic trajectory than other wealthy nations. Fonte: The Washington Post Leia todo o texto Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/25/fox-news-hannity-coronavirus-misinformation/?fbclid=IwAR2-5jQVYe4cct5cJrMub5VEjUIUksy3y9nm8TYEBQcQYXGralm8zybouDU Leia outros textos aqui
Coronavirus / Delaying Elections The coronavirus has affected daily life around the world, leaving no country untouched. In some places, the virus has created a profound political crisis, while elsewhere citizens have been heartened by their government’s even-handed and scientifically informed…
AI algorithms / coronavirus pandemic At some point, every one of us has had the feeling that online applications like YouTube, Amazon, and Spotify seem to know us better than ourselves, recommending content that we like even before we say it. At…
Trump / media Traditional journalism is under siege, NBC News chief Andy Lack wrote this week: President Trump continues to “put the bully in bully pulpit,” and the coronavirus crisis has taken a toll. Fonte: The Washington Post Leia todo o texto Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/trump-has-played-the-media-like-a-puppet-were-getting-better--but-history-will-not-judge-us-kindly/2020/04/28/e709b1cc-88c6-11ea-ac8a-fe9b8088e101_story.html?fbclid=IwAR2gETV1IbpBeN73G05usQpCsypqqjAZ04Sg4K-Ah01jNQ3Ro8j21rXKIdo…
Coronavirus / Africa’s Print Newspapers The coronavirus story is big. From the perspective of news, the outbreak of the virus is one of the biggest stories in modern history. The virus has ravaged the world, infected millions, and killed tens of…
TV journalists / Government coronavirus policy Over recent weeks, debates about how reporters should cover the pandemic have intensified, after a YouGov poll on April 24 showed nearly two-thirds of people did not trust television journalists. Many politicians and commentators were quick to seize on the…
