1,406 Quotes About Media

The term propaganda rings melodramatic and exaggerated, but a press that—whether from fear, careerism, or conviction—uncritically recites false government claims and reports them as fact, or treats elected officials with a reverence reserved for royalty, cannot be accurately described as engaged in any other function.

In the age of technology there is constant access to vast amounts of information. The basket overflows; people get overwhelmed; the eye of the storm is not so much what goes on in the world, it is the confusion of how to think, feel, digest, and react to what goes on.

Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.

Mass amateurization of publishing makes mass amateurization of filtering a forced move.

Das Web 2.0 bedeutet vor allem, dass die soziale Reichweite des Einzelnen größer ist als die Reichweite der eigenen Stimme.

Most mainstream news agencies have a biased corporation behind them that is controlling the news feed.

Fears that once helped keep our ancestors alive, today help keep journalists employed. It isn’t the journalists’ fault and we shouldn’t expect them to change. It isn’t driven by “media logic” among the producers as much as by “attention logic” in the heads of consumers.

I view social media as a Sunday newspaper that is pleasant to read on a lazy morning.

There's an alternative internet where Soviet taxi drivers write about their amusing encounters with foreign reporters and their simple worldview.