“Attention Economics” – how media’s use of “alarming” words inflates reality
“Attention economics” and media headline escalation drives click bait stories. Everything now has a dramatic, scary headline.
Social media: Reminder – the purpose of social media is to make a fool of yourself
TheTransitGuy argues the US is bad because it costs almost $500 to fly between 2 cities, ignoring that taking a bus is about $45, or renting a car is less than $100.
Media: “Single income households are a bygone era”
But that is not what the data says. The media doomers made that up.
Social: Majority of FB payouts to content creators are for video “reels”
60% go to short video content.
Media: Same story published 5 separate times in Business Insider
BI has published the same story 5 times over 2 years.
Media: The era of the “freelance writer” pumping output for content mills is over
Everything – especially content mill stuff – is being replaced by AI auto generated content. The era of freelance content mill writers is over.
Media: The US is the worst country in the history of the world
The media’s constant doomerisn is off scale.
Make sure to get lots of numbers in the headline
“I’m a writer and there are 10 reasons you should have numbers in the headline, and 3 that actually work”
ABC News: Diesel prices to hike grocery prices
ABC News makes up a click-bait story devoid of context. Diesel price makes up about 1% of the price, on average. Some items are higher, of course.
Media: I’m so old, I remember when this type of news reporting was sexist
Remember when this type of ‘reporting’ would be condemned?