We talked to the Financial Times, La Nación, The New York Times, Vox, Chilango, the Times of India, and others about their early experiments sharing news on the world’s favorite messaging app.
“Threads’ vibes may have been cheerful and friendly at the outset — disingenuously so, according to Musk — but it may well prove that, eventually, all social media sites regress toward the meanest.”
Sisanda Nkoala, Blessing Makwambeni and Trust MatsileleOctober 24, 2023
“The reason I have to have undercover voters is because social media sites won’t — and to some extent, can’t — tell you exactly what they’re recommending every single voter.”
Ian Anderson, Gizem Ceylan and Wendy WoodAugust 8, 2023
“After a few tweaks to the reward structure of social media platforms, users begin to share information that is accurate and fact-based.” (Though the tweaks involved paying people to do so.)
“Our analysis finds that the vast majority of local election officials don’t even have social media accounts beyond Facebook. And, when they do, it is likely that they are not effectively reaching their audience.”
Hosseinmardi, Homa. "Cable news has a much bigger effect on America’s polarization than social media, study finds." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 11 Aug. 2022. Web. 21 Nov. 2023.
APA
Hosseinmardi, H. (2022, Aug. 11). Cable news has a much bigger effect on America’s polarization than social media, study finds. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved November 21, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/08/cable-news-has-a-much-bigger-effect-on-americas-polarization-than-social-media-study-finds/
Chicago
Hosseinmardi, Homa. "Cable news has a much bigger effect on America’s polarization than social media, study finds." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified August 11, 2022. Accessed November 21, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/08/cable-news-has-a-much-bigger-effect-on-americas-polarization-than-social-media-study-finds/.
Wikipedia
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