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Month: June 2017

Much social media “influencers” content is ghost written and fictional

Much social media “influencers” content is ghost written and fictional

Everything is fake on social media: Ghostwriting for social media stars is the secret new Millennial It-career. Source: Which Internet Influencers Use Ghostwriters? – Ghostwriting Secrets of Internet Influencers Read the whole thing – including the biography of a teen Instagram star written by an author who had to create a nearly entirely fictional account of the background of this teen social media “star”.

Much social media "influencers" content is ghost written and fictional

Much social media "influencers" content is ghost written and fictional

Everything is fake on social media: Ghostwriting for social media stars is the secret new Millennial It-career. Source: Which Internet Influencers Use Ghostwriters? – Ghostwriting Secrets of Internet Influencers Read the whole thing – including the biography of a teen Instagram star written by an author who had to create a nearly entirely fictional account of the background of this teen social media “star”.

Did social media propaganda play a role in shooting?

Did social media propaganda play a role in shooting?

This blog has extensively documented the use of propaganda methods to deliver propaganda messaging on social media web services such as Facebook. A 66 year old attempted to assassinate members of Congress. According to media reports, he belongs to a number of propaganda-based social media groups: Hodgkinson is a member of a number of anti-Republican groups on Facebook, including one called ▪“Terminate the Republican Party.” ▪ “The Road to Hell is Paved with Republicans” ▪ “Donald Trump is not my…

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Media priorities driven by conflict and ratings (“clicks”)

Media priorities driven by conflict and ratings (“clicks”)

In media, propaganda and advertising it’s all about “emotional jolts per minute”. The media provides “celebrity-like” coverage of political personalities but seldom does serious policy reporting. This problem is pervasive in political coverage but even rears up in coverage of health, science, business and technology. Personalities, and especially those that generate “emotional jolts per minute”, are the focus of reporting – not serious analysis or policy understanding. ●Do news sites give serious, sustained attention to policy issues as well as…

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