9 Best Articles in 2020
Visual Capitalist
How COVID-19 Has Impacted Media Consumption, by Generation
Visual Capitalist
~15 min read · 624 saves · Apr 7th · This visualization explores how each generation's media consumption is changing amid the frenzy of pandemic-induced quarantines.
The Atlantic
The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President
The Atlantic
620 saves · Feb 6th · How new technologies and techniques pioneered by dictators will shape the 2020 election
Current Affairs
The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free ❧ Current Affairs
Current Affairs
~14 min read · 552 saves · Aug 3rd · The political economy of bullshit.
BuzzFeed
He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis. Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse.
BuzzFeed
~14 min read · 481 saves · From 2018 · By predicting the fake news scandals surrounding the 2016 US presidential election campaign, tech engineer Aviv Ovadya has become an early Cassandra of Silicon…
The Guardian
How technology disrupted the truth
The Guardian
20+ min read · 439 saves · From 2016 · Social media has swallowed the news – threatening the funding of public-interest reporting and ushering in an era when everyone has their own facts.…
VANITY FAIR
“I Was Devastated”: The Man Who Created the World Wide Web Has Some Regrets
VANITY FAIR
~12 min read · 421 saves · From 2018 · Katrina Brooker · Tim Berners-Lee has seen his creation debased by everything from fake news to mass surveillance. But he’s got a plan to fix it.
Guardian Tech
Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the web: 'The system is failing'
Guardian Tech
6 min read · 388 saves · From 2017 · The inventor of the world wide web remains an optimist but sees a ‘nasty wind’ blowing amid concerns over advertising, net neutrality and fake…
The Guardian
Why can’t we agree on what’s true anymore?
The Guardian
~16 min read · 384 saves · 2019-09-19 · William Davies · The long read: It’s not about foreign trolls, filter bubbles or fake news. Technology encourages us to believe we can all have first-hand access…
The Correspondent
The new dot com bubble is here: it’s called online advertising
The Correspondent
20+ min read · 343 saves · 2019-11-06 · In 2018 $273bn was spent on digital ads globally. We delve into the world of clicks, banners and keywords to find out if any…
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The New York Times
Trump Had One Last Story to Sell. The Wall Street Journal Wouldn’t Buy It.
The New York Times
9 min read · 248 saves · Oct 25th · Ben Smith · Inside the White House’s secret, last-ditch effort to change the narrative, and the election — and the return of the media gatekeepers.
The New York Times
How The Epoch Times Created a Giant Influence Machine
The New York Times
~13 min read · 148 saves · Oct 24th · Kevin Roose · Since 2016, the Falun Gong-backed newspaper has used aggressive Facebook tactics and right-wing misinformation to create an anti-China, pro-Trump media empire.
Stratechery
Disney and Integrators Versus Aggregators
Stratechery
~12 min read · 108 saves · Oct 13th · Ben Thompson · Disney’s reorganization reinforces their integrated strategy; there is a lot to learn for anyone competing with Aggregators.
The Atlantic
The Right’s Disinformation Machine Is Getting Ready for Trump to Lose
The Atlantic
6 min read · 92 saves · Oct 20th · QAnon has become a linchpin of far-right media—and the effort to preemptively delegitimize the election.
The New York Times
James Murdoch, Rebellious Scion
The New York Times
~17 min read · 85 saves · Oct 10th · Maureen Dowd · Increasingly uncomfortable with News Corp’s politics and profit motives, Rupert’s younger son chose chickens and sheep over Fox, and insists he doesn’t watch ‘Succession.’
CJR
Washington Post public editor: the powerful have realized they don’t need the Post
CJR
3 min read · 84 saves · Oct 20th · This month we learned that Tesla, a $400 billion public company run by one of the richest people in the world, has done away…
The New Yorker
How Should the Media Talk About Climate Change?
The New Yorker
6 min read · 81 saves · Oct 17th · Genevieve Guenther, a former Renaissance scholar, studies how we discuss global warming—and how we don’t.
New York Magazine
The News Media Isn’t Biased Against Trump. It’s Biased For Him.
New York Magazine
4 min read · 80 saves · Oct 16th · The coverage is hostile, but he is held to a more forgiving standard than any modern president has been.
de Volkskrant
DPG Media Privacy Gate
de Volkskrant
4 min read · 60 saves · Oct 22nd · Last week a Dutch security researcher succeeded in logging into the Twitter account of the American President Donald Trump. Trump, an active Twitte...
mediafordemocracy.org
Recommendations for Media Covering the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
mediafordemocracy.org
~12 min read · 46 saves · Oct 14th · As we count down to Election Day in the U.S., November 3, 2020, we find ourselves at a dangerous moment for democracy. As scholarly…
