What I’m finding interesting is that from 1940-2010 (roughly) was this brief blip in human culture were communities got their news from a centralized source. Before it was mostly word of mouth, now it is the Internet. This makes many old techniques relevant again.
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Replying to @thegrugq
By human culture, you mean a portion of human culture, mostly Anglo American?
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Replying to @emptywheel
More the industrialized world. The USSR, China, Europe, and Japan had centralized news dissemination. So a slightly broader swath than Anglo American.
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Replying to @thegrugq
I'm quite curious by what you consider "centralized news dissemination."
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Replying to @emptywheel @thegrugq
May I please interject here that in fact the news have been ‘centralised’ since 1880s when news agencies split the world among themselves and created a long enduring cartel. Three / four agencies items on national and world news were picked by local papers.
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I'm curious if that's what
@thegrugq meant. THere were clearly ways to undercut that for disinfo purposes, depending on the national model.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel @thegrugq
My daughter’s book covering news agencies in Germany 1900-1945 comes out next year and I am basing my observation on following her research over the years. Link with technology is very important. First cable then telegraph, radio and now internet. Each brought adjustments
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As someone w/academic expertise on this herself (in 3 countries), and who worked w/academics who specialize in 3 others, I think it matters how one defines centralized.
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Replying to @emptywheel @thegrugq
I agree. And that definition would have been interpreted in different ways over time. Also centralised operations could be purely technology mediated: correspondent to Center and Center to subscribers but without content parsing
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