Duende555 t1_jax1dpj wrote on March 4, 2023 at 6:56 PM

Reply to comment by ghostfaceschiller in On Facebook, Visual Misinfo Widespread. In the runup to the 2020 U.S. Presidential election visual misinformation was widespread across the platform, and that it was highly asymmetric across party lines, with right-leaning images five to eight times more likely to be misleading. by Wagamaga

Don't know what to say my guy. The decline in print media has closely followed the rise in disinfo and Foxification of news. All competing for the same clicks and same attention economy.

Pure4x4 t1_jazpbfd wrote on March 5, 2023 at 8:39 AM

People cannot get their heads out of their phones so I don't think anyone is going to read the print media anymore.

And also I don't think that the print media is any good they were feeding propaganda in the past and they continue to do so.

doctorclark t1_jaymm7u wrote on March 5, 2023 at 2:02 AM

The OP specifically calls out the differences in information quality across party lines. If the decline in print media alone explained misinformation's rise because of the attention economy, as you state, then what explains the party-line bias for amount of misinformation?

LandmassWave t1_jayy9xm wrote on March 5, 2023 at 3:41 AM

Selection bias and evaluation bias.

Don't forget that the lab leak theory and Hunter's laptop were both "misinformation" and the golden shower dossier was real.

eudemonist t1_jb46plm wrote on March 6, 2023 at 8:15 AM

And Michael Avenatti was a badass lawyer.

Duende555 t1_jayrndl wrote on March 5, 2023 at 2:44 AM

Okay I'm tired today and don't really want to fight about this.

My point wasn't that the decline in print media alone explain misinformation's rise - my point was that the rise in misinformation and a diminished attention economy secondary to the internet *partially* explains the decline in print media AND has, in turn, led to print media mimicking the click bait tactics and misleading headline style that captures attention. Basically, print media is declining and increasingly trying to ape the style of Fox in an attempt to slow their own decline. And that's bad.

Also I'm tired today so that's probably all I got right now.

doctorclark t1_jaysl0u wrote on March 5, 2023 at 2:52 AM

That explanation cleared up my misreading of your proposed causality. I agree about print media's unfortunate mimicry of clickbait tacticrs that were born online.

Duende555 t1_jayt04s wrote on March 5, 2023 at 2:56 AM

Ah good. And yeah it’s a concerning trend.