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In many ways, the rise of the Internet and the social web has made things a lot better when it comes to being informed about the world. But in other ways—as with so many other things the Internet touches—it has made them much worse. And our trusted relationship with media has taken the brunt of the damage.
Is it any surprise that people would lose trust in a media entity with that kind of motivation?At the same time, this phenomenon is being fueled by the rise of a new ecosystem for the distribution of news, an ecosystem with Facebook at the center, like a spider at the center of a web. The giant social network has been fighting a very public fight against fake news stories, which continue to clog up its Trending Topics, as well as the main news feed. The company used to use human editors to weed such things out, but it got rid of most of them after a controversy over whether the selection process for topics was politically biased.
But in reality, the changes in the media environment go far beyond just Facebook. For many young people, someone they follow on Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube or Twitter is just as likely to be a trusted source of news as a major media brand. And the more they trust those sources, the less likely they will be to trust the mainstream media.
The fact that we now have access to millions of potential news sources is a hugely positive thing for journalism broadly speaking, because we can hear from people who are directly involved in the news, and that makes it more likely the truth will emerge. But the lack of centralized gatekeepers—or rather, the outsourcing of the gatekeeper function of mainstream media—also means there is no consensus on who is telling the truth, and that is a genie that is not going back into the bottle anytime soon.
Is it any surprise that people would lose trust in a media entity with that kind of motivation?At the same time, this phenomenon is being fueled by the rise of a new ecosystem for the distribution of news, an ecosystem with Facebook at the center, like a spider at the center of a web. The giant social network has been fighting a very public fight against fake news stories, which continue to clog up its Trending Topics, as well as the main news feed. The company used to use human editors to weed such things out, but it got rid of most of them after a controversy over whether the selection process for topics was politically biased.
But in reality, the changes in the media environment go far beyond just Facebook. For many young people, someone they follow on Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube or Twitter is just as likely to be a trusted source of news as a major media brand. And the more they trust those sources, the less likely they will be to trust the mainstream media.
The fact that we now have access to millions of potential news sources is a hugely positive thing for journalism broadly speaking, because we can hear from people who are directly involved in the news, and that makes it more likely the truth will emerge. But the lack of centralized gatekeepers—or rather, the outsourcing of the gatekeeper function of mainstream media—also means there is no consensus on who is telling the truth, and that is a genie that is not going back into the bottle anytime soon.
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A speech on media lowering its credibility:
Today, the credibility of the Indian media is fast eroding. There seems to be no ethics with regard to the broadcasting of news. All the channels merely want to sensationalize the news. All political parties have their own news channel. This has led to a distorted version of the news.
Each channel gives its own version, thereby making the gullible public fools. News has become entertainment and hence the credibility of the Indian media is eroding. The exact picture of any news item is not clear. Indian media needs to be more responsible and act with prudence and ethics.
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