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A Media Diet that Limits Negative News

IdeaSpies

We are now experiencing two pandemics: (1) a COVID pandemic; and (2) a pandemic of negative news. Every day now. Feed generated with FetchRSS )

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The availability bias: Why we overestimate the likelihood of scary but unlikely events

Idea to Value

How easy it is to think of “available” memories is often strongly influenced by the media around us. The media, and especially the internet and television news, know that negative news and events has a much stronger emotional reaction than positive news.

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Big Tech and Media- The Future?

IdeaSpies

I recently predicted Microsoft’s valuation will rocket to $4 trillion , and warned news media that the window to do a deal was closing. News media realised too late their ads business was being syphoned off by a trillionaire paperboy, leaving them a pauper. Tech companies need news because it trains their AIs.

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Good News Ahead

IdeaSpies

We know our brains are wired to pay attention to bad news. But lately do you feel that your social media is just filled with negativity? Do you find yourself getting angry and upset as you scroll through your news feeds? Are you turning off the news? People want more positive stories in the news.

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5 Simple Rules That Will Make You A Powerful Communicator

Digital Tonto

Yet the good news is that most people can immensely improve their communication skills by following a few simple rules. When I begin to write, I realize that my ‘thoughts’ are usually a jumble of half-baked, incoherent impulses strung together with gaping logical holes between them.” Clearly, if he struggles, we all do.

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New Media Gallery

Phil McKinney

New Media Gallery was an innovative, interactive experience that used the latest technology to allow visitors to step into a multidimensional social network, demonstrating new media’s powerful impact on our world. Live Twitter feeds filled touch-screen monitors and connect visitors with trending news stories.

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How Open-Minded Are You? Quick Quiz.

Destination Innovation

Do you typically go to the same places on holiday (yes) or try something quite new (no)? Do you visit the same short list of social media and news websites (yes) or try many different ones (no)? Are you decisive and certain of your decisions (yes) or do you ponder and have doubts (no)?

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