“The very idea of collectively tuning in to history as it happens has been altered, as the profusion of channels and platforms now funnels audience members into self-segregated affinity groups where messages are shaped more for confirmation than enlightenment.”
Plus: How participatory journalism became a taken-for-granted norm, how news use can help mitigate misinformation beliefs, and the limits of live fact-checking.
Is this Fox News cleaning up its act after that $787.5 million Dominion settlement? Dealing with the latest in a long line of workplace lawsuits? Or betting they can make someone else a star in the same time slot?
“The ‘first and most voiced complaint’ from participants was that news coverage of people like them skewed toward negative stories or reflected them in a negative light.”
Owen, Laura Hazard. "A history of BuzzFeed News, Part I: 2011–2017." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 20 Apr. 2023. Web. 15 Mar. 2025.
APA
Owen, L. (2023, Apr. 20). A history of BuzzFeed News, Part I: 2011–2017. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/04/a-history-of-buzzfeed-news-part-i-2011-2017/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "A history of BuzzFeed News, Part I: 2011–2017." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified April 20, 2023. Accessed March 15, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/04/a-history-of-buzzfeed-news-part-i-2011-2017/.
Wikipedia
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