"...we all learn in school that democracy requires a free and... functional press system. But now we have the data to show what happens to local communities when they lose their local newspapers, and sure enough, we see that they're less likely to vote, less civically engaged, less likely to run for office. Yet we see higher levels of corruption... [and] extremism..."

#VictorPickard, Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy, University of Pennsylvania2024

https://techwontsave.us/episode/205_whats_really_killing_the_news_media_w_victor_pickard

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"But the way it gets framed... is that [going after FB and Google] is the silver bullet, this is what will save journalism... And that's a dangerous argument to make, because it completely diverts our attention from what we really should be focusing on. And that is to try to find non-market means of support for the journalism that democracy requires."

#VictorPickard, Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy, University of Pennsylvania2024

https://techwontsave.us/episode/205_whats_really_killing_the_news_media_w_victor_pickard

#NewsMedia #FDNBB

'What’s Really Killing the News Media?'

"... it was this over-reliance, this extreme dependence, on advertising revenue, and indeed this extreme commercialisation."

#VictorPickard, Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy, University of Pennsylvania2024

https://techwontsave.us/episode/205_whats_really_killing_the_news_media_w_victor_pickard

#podcasts #TechWontSaveUs #NewsMedia