Can you inoculate people against misinformation before they even see it? This study says yes
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Thursday, August 25, 2022
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Can you inoculate people against misinformation before they even see it? This study says yes“Inoculation theory is about empowering people to make their own decisions about what to believe.” By Jon Roozenbeek, Sander van der Linden Stephan Lewandowsky. |
What We’re Reading
Substack / Richard J. Tofel
The case against print newspaper Sunday magazines →
“Sunday magazines were created when there was no effective way to display such longform pieces elsewhere in papers. That is no longer the case, and hasn't been, in most cases, for many years.”
The Atlantic / Ian Bogost
Whistleblowing is broken →
“Whistleblowers used to be underdogs, willing to ruin their lives in the pursuit of the truth, so that its revelation might serve the commons. Now they're more like corporate-espionage influencers.”
The Atlantic / Alex Kirshner
Thanks to a patchwork of sports streaming services, being a fan is more annoying and expensive than ever →
“The past was about readily accessible games on TV and an add-on for the most committed fans who wanted to stay in touch with teams that were far away. The present is about paying more and more money to maintain what you had while being occasionally flummoxed about where to find it.”
The Fix / David Tvrdon
When was the last time you tested the performance of your subscription offer page? →
“All three [The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Bild] now have a single button for their basic subscription offer on the page leaving the visitors no options to choose from or get stuck thinking about. The choice became binary – do you want a subscription or not? The upsell comes later. The hardest is to get someone on board; once there, you can start with offering extra features.”
WFAE / Gwendolyn Glenn
The Charlotte Observer’s Rana Cash reflects on her first year as executive editor of the paper →
Cash is the first Black person to hold the executive editor position in the paper's 136-year history. She only switched from sports reporting to hard news during the pandemic. “I knew that I had a lot more to offer than just sports. And the other folks on the staff recognized that.”
Billy Penn / Lizzy McLellan Ravitch
A Philadelphia news site issues a guide to hyperlocal news outlets in the city →
“If you're looking for a smart take on Philly news, Billy Penn is obviously your go-to. But what about a place to keep track of everyday happenings in your neighborhood, like the ins and outs of zoning requests, new sports leagues, or the latest on what's opening down the street?”
Protocol / Issie Lapowsky
YouTube will “blanket” Poland, Slovakia, and Czechia with video ads to warn against manipulative messaging →
“The videos in this experiment used apolitical animations and pop culture references from ‘Star Wars’ or ‘The Simpsons’ to explain how common manipulation techniques work. One video describing ’emotionally manipulative rhetoric’ aimed at luring people to watch something they otherwise would skip opens with stock footage of a little girl sadly hugging her teddy bear. ‘You might think about skipping this ad — don't. What happens next will make you tear up,’ a somber voice-over says, before flipping the script. ‘Kidding! You just got tricked.'”
Reuters / Anne Kauranen
Three Finnish journalists are on trial in an “unprecedented” classified intelligence case →
“Two journalists at Helsingin Sanomat, and their former editor, who all deny any wrongdoing, may face a prison sentence of between four months and four years if found guilty of revealing national defence secrets in a report published in 2017 … The 2017 investigative report by Helsingin Sanomat, entitled ‘Finland’s most secret place,’ revealed the rough location and tasks of an intelligence unit of the defence forces at a time when Parliament was debating whether to expand its powers to monitor private data in digital networks.”
The Guardian / Jim Waterson
Guardian Media Group appoints Anna Bateson as chief executive →
“Bateson previously spent four years at Guardian Media Group (GMG), where she helped develop the company's voluntary contributions strategy which has seen millions of readers contribute towards the cost of running the news organisation without it installing a paywall.”
Adweek / Mark Stenberg
The subscription platform Zuora will acquire the dynamic paywall company Zephr →
The deal, for $44 million, is expected to close next month. Zephr chiefly serves publishers, including News Corp., Tribune Publishing, and Adweek. Zuora counts Future Publishing and the Penske Media Company as current clients.
the Guardian / Jim Waterson
Former BBC presenter says a BBC board member is an "active agent of the Conservative party" who wields influence “as the arbiter of BBC impartiality" →
Sir Robbie Gibb previously worked as Theresa May's director of communications and helped to found the rightwing GB News channel.
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