Ap Lang 33 Problems with Media Terms

Infotainment

"News" that is optimized to hook viewers in by prioritizing entertainment value over factual reporting [news that cares about views so they talk about popular topics and not important information(Buzzfeed)]

No Fly Zone

A form of implicit bias that sees topics or subjects excluded from critical coverage due to advertiser relationships [ media or broadcasting company creates a subject they can't talk about, effects revenue ( if they're sponsored they can't discuss the brand even if they are bad)]

Good Vs Evil

A form of oversimplification that fits people into villian-victim-hero frameworks, or frames complex conflicts as good vs evil [reporting with bias towards another, so they show the other person in a bad light, also back up the side they agree with with more information]

Horse Race Journalism

A form of political coverage the emphasizes polling and the likelihood of victory over topics that are in public interest [political form of journalism that focuses on political percentages and graphs, obsessive interest in small details as opposed to more important information]

Agenda Setting

A form of structural bias that sees mass media and influencers direct public discourse by placing importance on select topics [Agenda setting is the action of which filtered information is displayed on highly influential platforms. With the intention of lacking diversity in information]

Clickbait

A framing method that uses exaggerated language and omitted information to entice readers to click though or watch [content that has a very intriguing or loud cover to try and get viewers to click on videos or links, but the content is on something completely different]

Paywalls

A mechanism that prevents users from accessing specific content without a paid subscription [certain news networks do this restricting peoples access to important stories( this is something like patron)]

Deviancy Amplification Spiral

A phenomenon defined by increasing reports of violen or antisocial behavior which grows into a moral panic [ system that media uses to spread information]

Social Bots

Autonomous or human run accounts on social media platforms that manipulate discussions and boost specific messages [ fake accounts that can take your information or spread fake news (the instagram accounts that hack people)]

News Deserts

Communities that are no longer served by dedicated local news media [places in the USA with little to no news papers, information/news is not accessible]

Tabloidization

Enhanced focus on entertainment and the lives of celeberties, and more superficial coverage of current events [Hyper fixation on celeberties/media and there lives, superficial things instead of priority information]

Media Consolidation

Formerly independent outlets being bought up by larger media corporations, creating the illusion of choice [large media outlets buy smaller outlets to control the spread of information, along with making the topics look more creditable]

Filter bubbles

Highly-personalized content feeds result in a lack of exposure to viewpoints that are outside a user's existing worldview [Are algorithms used on the internet to selectively guess what information a user would like to see based on pervious information that one likes or follows, restricts your connection with other sources]

The Overton Window

Issues outside of a narrow window of "acceptable" mainstream discourse tend to not be discussed [restrict what information is expectable to share, if its not ok then the information wont be covered]

Slacktivism

Publicity supporting political or social causes through low effort social media updates or online petitions [Action of supporting certain politics/issues on social media without actually helping the cause ( just reposting a picture/post and not volunteering or donating)]

Astroturfing

Publishing content that creates the illusion of grassroots interest in a policy or individual [act of publishing content about certain political issue or newsworthy action, and a certain organization will post a review thats "non-bias" but it is completely bias, will hide behind names]

Sensationalism

The Intentional use of provocative framing and exaggeration to attract more attention to stories

Algorithmic Radicalization

The hypothesis that recommendation engines can steer users towards increasingly extreme content on social platforms [making sure the user stays interested, uses people you follow and doesn't use controversial topics (tiktok FYP)]

Narrative Fallacy

The tendency to take sequences of facts and infuse them with cause and effect explanations [making up sanerios/perspectives of facts]

Rumor Cascades

When a single social media post begins to spread in unbroken chains across a platform. This distribution pattern enables the viral spread of unvetted information. [broken up information that forms a different story and is spread vastly]

Churnalism

When media outlets publish press releases and other forms of prepackaged content, instead of original reporting [journalism that has a lack of research and not fact checked or there original content (some companies just get stories sent to them and publish them without proper fact checking)]

Hit-and-Run Coverage

When news outlits publish a breaking story, and subsequently fail to follow up with additional facts, nuanced analysis, or broader context [ failure of additional facts to there claims]

Explicit Bias

When the attitudes and beliefs of publishers overly dictate what stories are covered and how those stories are framed [when publishers show clear distaste for one and not the other, this makes them favor there side]

Ad Clutter

When the usability of a news website is impacted by pop-ups, auto-play videos, and intrusive banner ads [over usage of ads on a site to distract informaion from being read or getting out]

Dogpiling

a high volume of messages and/or targeted harassment for an infraction or opinion that the group does not agree with [when a group of people disagree with a celebrity or actions of someone, the verbally attack and bash them on the internet]

Context Stripping

as stories are shared over social media channels, the most compelling, intuitive framing wins out. this digital "natural selection" strips layers of context away, warping how stories are perceived. [ the more a story is spread on social media the more twisted a story gets, not real informative stories (lil tay being dead)]

Implied Truth Effect

attaching warning to specific pieces of content increases perceived accuracy of content without warnings. [make people skeptical weather or not a trust worthy source is sharing fake news, creates bias that the information is false]

Argument Culture

defaulting to an adversarial approach when encountering people with an opposing worldview [People arguing for entertainment purposes(twiter flame circles)]

Fake News/ Disinformation

deliberately disseminating untrue information or publishing fake news [spreading untrue information on purpose]

false balance / bothsidesism

presenting two sides of an issue as if they are equally weighted when there is not corresponding proof to support both sides equally [journalism uses arguments and show one as more balance and give that argument more information]

Surveillance Capitalism

the capture and monetization of personal data [the monetization of data captured through monitoring people's movements and behaviors online and in the physical world (videos you like, or share, or people you follow)]

Cherrypicking

using incomplete or out-of-context supporting evidence(e.g. data points, anecdotes, studies), while excluding opposing evidence [using sources/evidence that doesn't support claims, just using it to sound like there claims are to be trusted]

deplatforming

when individuals and communities are banned from social and publishing platforms [being banned on instagram or tik tok]