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What if journalists covered controversial issues differently — based on how humans actually behave when they are polarized and suspicious?

Posted by chocolate
Tags: journalism, reason, debate
https://thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/complicating-the-narratives-b91ea06ddf63

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Title
Complicating the Narratives - The Whole Story
Authors
Solutions Journalism
Published
Jun 27 2018
Word count
9871 words

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  1. Catt
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    Very thoughtful article, but I think ultimately these methods take time and don't generate the drama that seems to now drive media. A lot of what's mentioned can definitely be applicable to...

    Very thoughtful article, but I think ultimately these methods take time and don't generate the drama that seems to now drive media.

    A lot of what's mentioned can definitely be applicable to everyday conversation though. I especially like:

    The idea is to revive complexity in a time of false simplicity. “The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue but that they are incomplete,” novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says in her mesmerizing TED Talk “A Single Story.” “[I]t’s impossible to engage properly with a place or a person without engaging with all of the stories of that place and that person.”

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    bbvnvlt
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    Haven't read the article yet (on my read-later-list), but subject and title remind me of a related thing about media-behavior-with-predictable-effects, this Screenwipe segment on the reporting of...

    Haven't read the article yet (on my read-later-list), but subject and title remind me of a related thing about media-behavior-with-predictable-effects, this Screenwipe segment on the reporting of mass shootings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2o1V4lX_g4

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    1. chocolate
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      Very different issue, but yes. Same for suicide, coverage creates cases. This is something I'm actually happy with, as this has definitely improved in the last few years. Pretty much everything...

      Very different issue, but yes. Same for suicide, coverage creates cases.

      This is something I'm actually happy with, as this has definitely improved in the last few years. Pretty much everything the forensic psychologist suggested (except the bodycount) has been changed. Victims are now the focus, while killers are often unnamed in stories.

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  3. shadow
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    This was a great article. I am all for exploring the divide and not camping on one side or the other. I had posted an article the other day about Americans tuning out, and expounding on the...

    This was a great article. I am all for exploring the divide and not camping on one side or the other. I had posted an article the other day about Americans tuning out, and expounding on the complexity in any issue sounds wonderful. I hope the news outlets figure out a way to make doing so profitable.

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