News as information consumption: When the eye-catching index becomes the only pursuit of the media

Tressie 2022-04-23 07:01:14

In this impetuous and noisy media era, the eye-catching index is indeed a real problem that any media has to face. But once the eye-catching index becomes the only pursuit of the media. It's no wonder that we're full of celebrity gossip, anecdotes, sex, violence, and any other topical event that can generate controversy and attention.
News becomes information consumption.
What we need is truly socially caring media that focuses more on what ordinary people experience than what is called events. They can sink their hearts and really pay attention to the lives of ordinary people. That kind of news is the news with humanistic care and warmth.
As consumers, we can do:
Reject cold news people
Refuse to read news that is only topical for the sake of topic
Reject news that consumes information!

In the end, in fact, there is no way to ask the media not to pay attention to the eye-catching index. As long as it can take care of it, it will be a conscientious media...

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Nightcrawler quotes

  • Joe Loder: If it bleeds, it leads.

  • Lou Bloom: Why you purse something is equally as important as what you purse.