All the News That's Fit to Sell

2011-10-23 Business & Economics

Author : James T. Hamilton
Release : 2011-10-23
Genre : Business & Economics
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Download or read book All the News That's Fit to Sell written by James T. Hamilton. This book was released on 2011-10-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That market forces drive the news is not news. Whether a story appears in print, on television, or on the Internet depends on who is interested, its value to advertisers, the costs of assembling the details, and competitors' products. But in All the News That's Fit to Sell, economist James Hamilton shows just how this happens. Furthermore, many complaints about journalism--media bias, soft news, and pundits as celebrities--arise from the impact of this economic logic on news judgments. This is the first book to develop an economic theory of news, analyze evidence across a wide range of media markets on how incentives affect news content, and offer policy conclusions. Media bias, for instance, was long a staple of the news. Hamilton's analysis of newspapers from 1870 to 1900 reveals how nonpartisan reporting became the norm. A hundred years later, some partisan elements reemerged as, for example, evening news broadcasts tried to retain young female viewers with stories aimed at their (Democratic) political interests. Examination of story selection on the network evening news programs from 1969 to 1998 shows how cable competition, deregulation, and ownership changes encouraged a shift from hard news about politics toward more soft news about entertainers. Hamilton concludes by calling for lower costs of access to government information, a greater role for nonprofits in funding journalism, the development of norms that stress hard news reporting, and the defining of digital and Internet property rights to encourage the flow of news. Ultimately, this book shows that by more fully understanding the economics behind the news, we will be better positioned to ensure that the news serves the public good.

All The News That'S Fit To Sell

2006 Press

Author : James T. Hamilton
Release : 2006
Genre : Press
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Download or read book All The News That'S Fit To Sell written by James T. Hamilton. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That Market Forces Drive The News Is Not News. Whether A Story Appears In Print, On Television, Or On The Internet Depends On Who Is Interested, Its Value To Advertisers, The Costs Of Assembling The Details, And Competitors Products. But In All The News That S Fit To Sell, Economist James Hamilton Shows Just How This Happens. Furthermore, Many Complaints About Journalism Media Bias, Soft News, And Pundits As Celebrities Arise From The Impact Of This Economic Logic On News Judgments.This Is The First Book To Develop An Economic Theory Of News, Analyze Evidence Across A Wide Range Of Media Markets On How Incentives Affect News Content, And Offer Policy Conclusions. Media Bias, For Instance, Was Long A Staple Of The News. Hamilton S Analysis Of Newspapers From 1870 To 1900 Reveals How Nonpartisan Reporting Became The Norm. A Hundred Years Later, Some Partisan Elements Reemerged As, For Example, Evening News Broadcasts Tried To Retain Young Female Viewers With Stories Aimed At Their (Democratic) Political Interests. Examination Of Story Selection On The Network Evening News Programs From 1969 To 1998 Shows How Cable Competition, Deregulation, And Ownership Changes Encouraged A Shift From Hard News About Politics Toward More Soft News About Entertainers.Hamilton Concludes By Calling For Lower Costs Of Access To Government Information, A Greater Role For Nonprofits In Funding Journalism, The Development Of Norms That Stress Hard News Reporting, And The Defining Of Digital And Internet Property Rights To Encourage The Flow Of News. Ultimately, This Book Shows That By More Fully Understanding The Economics Behind The News, We Will Be Better Positioned To Ensure That The News Serves The Public Good.This Special Low-Priced Edition Is For Sale In India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan And Sri Lanka Only.

All the News That’s Fit to Click

2024-02-27 Computers

Author : Caitlin Petre
Release : 2024-02-27
Genre : Computers
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Download or read book All the News That’s Fit to Click written by Caitlin Petre. This book was released on 2024-02-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Over the past fifteen years, journalism has experienced a rapid proliferation of data about online reader behavior in the form of web metrics. These newsroom metrics influence which stories are written, how news is promoted, and which journalists get hired and fired. Some argue that metrics help journalists better serve their audiences. Others worry that metrics are the contemporary equivalent of a stopwatch-wielding factory manager. In Desperate Measures, Caitlin Petre offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at how metrics are reshaping the work of journalism. Over a period of four years, Petre conducted a mix of in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation at three sites. The book first shows how metrics tools are designed and marketed, via Petre's research at the prominent news analytics company Chartbeat. Petre then follows Chartbeat's tool into the newsrooms of two of the company's highest-profile clients: Gawker Media and The New York Times. She finds that newsroom metrics are a powerful form of managerial surveillance and discipline. However, unlike the manager's stopwatch that preceded them, digital metrics are designed to gain the trust of wary journalists by providing a habit-forming user experience that mimics key features of addictive games. She details how the ambiguous nature of the data lead journalists to draw seemingly arbitrary boundaries around uses of audience metrics that are either legitimate or illegitimate. And she examines how metrics intersect with existing newsroom hierarchies. As performance analytics spread to virtually every professional field, Petre's findings speak to the future of expertise and labor relations in contexts far beyond journalism"--

Channeling Violence

2021-04-13 Performing Arts

Author : James T. Hamilton
Release : 2021-04-13
Genre : Performing Arts
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Download or read book Channeling Violence written by James T. Hamilton. This book was released on 2021-04-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If it bleeds, it leads." The phrase captures television news directors' famed preference for opening newscasts with the most violent stories they can find. And what is true for news is often true for entertainment programming, where violence is used as a product to attract both viewers and sponsors. In this book, James Hamilton presents the first major theoretical and empirical examination of the market for television violence. Hamilton approaches television violence in the same way that other economists approach the problem of pollution: that is, as an example of market failure. He argues that television violence, like pollution, generates negative externalities, defined as costs borne by others than those involved in the production activity. Broadcasters seeking to attract viewers may not fully bear the costs to society of their violent programming, if those costs include such factors as increased levels of aggression and crime in society. Hamilton goes on to say that the comparison to pollution remains relevant when considering how to deal with the problem. Approaches devised to control violent programming, such as restricting it to certain times and rating programs according to the violence they contain, have parallels in zoning and education policies designed to protect the environment. Hamilton examines in detail the microstructure of incentives that operate at every level of television broadcasting, from programming and advertising to viewer behavior, so that remedies can be devised to reduce violent programming without restricting broadcasters' right to compete.

Why We're Polarized

2020-01-28 Political Science

Author : Ezra Klein
Release : 2020-01-28
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 397/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Why We're Polarized written by Ezra Klein. This book was released on 2020-01-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022 One of Bill Gates’s “5 books to read this summer,” this New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller shows us that America’s political system isn’t broken. The truth is scarier: it’s working exactly as designed. In this “superbly researched” (The Washington Post) and timely book, journalist Ezra Klein reveals how that system is polarizing us—and how we are polarizing it—with disastrous results. “The American political system—which includes everyone from voters to journalists to the president—is full of rational actors making rational decisions given the incentives they face,” writes political analyst Ezra Klein. “We are a collection of functional parts whose efforts combine into a dysfunctional whole.” “A thoughtful, clear and persuasive analysis” (The New York Times Book Review), Why We’re Polarized reveals the structural and psychological forces behind America’s descent into division and dysfunction. Neither a polemic nor a lament, this book offers a clear framework for understanding everything from Trump’s rise to the Democratic Party’s leftward shift to the politicization of everyday culture. America is polarized, first and foremost, by identity. Everyone engaged in American politics is engaged, at some level, in identity politics. Over the past fifty years in America, our partisan identities have merged with our racial, religious, geographic, ideological, and cultural identities. These merged identities have attained a weight that is breaking much in our politics and tearing at the bonds that hold this country together. Klein shows how and why American politics polarized around identity in the 20th century, and what that polarization did to the way we see the world and one another. And he traces the feedback loops between polarized political identities and polarized political institutions that are driving our system toward crisis. “Well worth reading” (New York magazine), this is an “eye-opening” (O, The Oprah Magazine) book that will change how you look at politics—and perhaps at yourself.

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