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(Social) media manipulation in one image

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That's not media manipulation (social or otherwise). Even if you don't subscribe to the "if it bleeds, it leads" mantra (first commonly used in... the 1890s!), it's not that hard to understand why reporting on uncommon events is more popular than repeating the same baseline truths every day?

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The world has changed a lot in the past hundred years. People don't really die violent deaths at the hands of others much any more. Journalism has failed to keep up, and images like this show that very clearly.

It’s a chicken-and-egg problem. News content, just like all other content, is tracked and analyzed for engagement.

Publishers want to create content that people want to engage with, and we see over and over again that people prefer content that elicits a reaction.

Also, news subscriptions are now seen as a luxury good and not an essential need. Who wants to pay $15/month for a report on how many people died of heart disease this month?

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