Jack Brighton

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Found guilty of committing acts of journalism. Sentenced to years of producing public media. While serving time developed non-profit news websites and media archives. Hardened critic of surveillance capitalism. Currently hiding out at the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences. Has been seen playing guitars in explicit violation of noise ordinances.
My research journalhttps://informationsciencejournal.org/
Jack BrightonNov 11, 2024
The 2024 U.S. federal election is a stark reminder of how far the news industry has fallen as Big Tech platforms ate its lunch. Here's a critical analysis of how we in the industry invited the crisis while also enabling surveillance capitalism: https://informationsciencejournal.org/2024/10/01/parasitic-platforms-and-the-crisis-in-news/
Parasitic Platforms and the Crisis in News

The viability of news has been in rapid decline since the mid-2000s. This post presents a critical analysis of how news publishers themselves helped precipitate the crisis by enthusiastically adopt…

Adventures in Information Science
Jack BrightonApr 19, 2023
The mess with Twitter labelling NPR "government-funded" reminded me of a post I wrote five years ago about "Social Media versus the Public Interest." I wish more public media orgs had thought about this: https://jackbrighton.github.io/2018/03/22/social-media-v-public-interest/
Social Media versus the Public Interest

“A decreasing presence in the Facebook algorithm and data concerns. The often toxic environment of Twitter. The surfacing of fake news in Google searches. News organizations have realized more and more that their content is being held hostage to other platforms.” ~ David Beard at Poynter

Adventures in Public Media
Jack BrightonNov 11, 2022
Eli PariserNov 11, 2022

Hello Mastodonners! The org I co-run, New_ Public, is organizing a learning session for folks new to Mastodon and the fediverse this coming Tuesday at 12pm ET. We'll be joined by the brilliant @cfiesler @wilf and @jeffjarvis -- and you are welcome too.

Noobs (like me) who want to learn and long-timers are all welcome. Sign up here, and boost if you're willing to help find other interested folks. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvc--uqzIrGd3viRbTltC0dXmDkaidAJc-?_x_zm_rtaid=we6EIiy7SVC4ko6U7Unicw.1668089335856.e548e65efba05ec79cde9656bf3f20a1&_x_zm_rhtaid=249

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Signal Boost: Enter the Fediverse. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Signal Boost: Enter the Fediverse. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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