a funny thing about various loud substackers being so spiteful of the moneyed interests of "corporate media" is that—and, I like many 'stacks!—self-employed writers are much, much more exposed to the ruthless bottom-line logic of their biz than, like, a culture reporter at NPR
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Replying to @DKThomp
The problem is the search for affirmation and recognition of value doesn’t disappear, so many end up looking to Twitter and their peers, with the end result that writers write for a small bubble. In this regard the tightness of the feedback loop with readers is a counterweight.
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that’s a very interesting way to think about it, which also preserves my theory that social influence and peer effects, rather than revenue models, are more to blame for the problems ppl like Glenn specially associate with “corporate” media
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Too many people who don’t understand traditional journalists/chattering classes think their work is driven by business interests/revenue models. If anything, like many academics, they don’t understand the business side too well.
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I’ve been seeing “bad Facebook coverage is happening because media competes with Facebook.” Lol. Top outlets are doing fine, and will likely do even better in a Facebook world. It will be symbiotic. Two, if journalists *could* be that strategic, the world would look different.
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I don’t think it’s strategic, but I do think a lot of journalists start from a hostile view of Facebook because professional journalists are broadly competing with social media for attention share and influence.
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They are not competing *with* Facebook the company. Their pieces go viral on Facebook (and here). What they have lost is the ability to gatekeep broadcasting, so that’s a different concern that fits more with cultural theories of the discomfort.
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This doesn’t happen in other for-profit industries. It has a very specific cultural history, very much rooted in the post World War II restructuring of the public sphere in response to rise of fascism/war.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1454463054742179850 …
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