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MEDIA BITS AND BYTES – APRIL 30, 2024  
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April 30, 2024
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_ A student paper beats mainstream media to every punch _

, Haefeli, The New Yorker

 

* Social Media for the Revolution
* Net Neutrality Finally Back
* Time Out for TikTok?
* Columbia U. Paper Breaking the News
* Post-Roe Digital Dangers
* What is _Civil War_ Really About?
* Mass Media Normalizes Trump/MAGA
* Journalists Put NYT on the Hot Seat
* NPR: Wokeness Ain’t the Issue
* Meta: AI Hits the Fan

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE REVOLUTION
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By Reina Sultan
Yes!

In the face of a repressive shift in the online landscape, organizers
are adapting. Despite challenges, people continue to find ways to
translate their online connection into action. And, against all odds,
the unprecedented support for Palestine—both online and in the
streets—in the face of genocide has demonstrated that there may yet
be a place for social media in revolution.

NET NEUTRALITY FINALLY BACK
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By Matt Wood
Free Press

On April 25, the Federal Communications Commission voted to restore
its authority over broadband internet-access services. This is a huge
victory. Some academics and advocates have suggested that the
proposed rules are actually weaker than the Obama-era protections
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai jettisoned. This is a false alarm.

TIME OUT FOR TIKTOK?

* BIDEN SIGNS BAN
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 By A.W. Ohlheiser, Vox    
 
* WHAT IT’S LIKE IN OTHER COUNTRIES
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  By Ivan Mehta, TechCrunch
 
* THE COST IN JOBS
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  By Lara Korte and Ben Fox, Politico
 

COLUMBIA U. PAPER BREAKING THE NEWS
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By Betsy Morais
Columbia Journalism Review

I think every newsroom in this moment is facing the challenges of
objectivity and maintaining that in coverage. As students, we’re
reporting on everything that’s been going on as we’ve experienced
it. We’ve really just tried to put our reporters first and listen to
their needs. Give them the space to process. We’ve emphasized that
reporting is a way that we help our community. 

POST-ROE DIGITAL DANGERS
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By Daly Barnett
Electronic Frontier Foundation

It’s been a long two years since the _Dobbs_ decision to
overturn _Roe v. Wade_. There was a mad scramble to figure out what
the impacts would be. Besides the obvious perils of stripping away
half the country’s right to reproductive healthcare, digital
surveillance and mass data collection caused a flurry of concerns.

WHAT IS _CIVIL WAR_ REALLY ABOUT?
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By David Rooney and Lovia Gyarkye
The Hollywood Reporter

One of the chief criticisms of _Civil War_ has been that the
movie — directed with visceral muscularity and led by a
haunting Kirsten Dunst — sets up an incendiary near-future
nightmare while refusing to clarify the battle lines. Sure, there’s
a fascist president in office, a fear shared by many Americans in
2024, but who’s fighting whom exactly?

MASS MEDIA NORMALIZES TRUMP/MAGA
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By Chauncey DeVega
Salon

In the interest of “balance” and “fairness” and a “diversity
of opinion," those same elite media outlets will the next day feature
op-eds and other commentary from Trumpists and MAGA people and others
who oppose multiracial pluralistic democracy – the effect of which
is to mainstream and normalize their anti-democratic beliefs. 

Journalists Put NYT on the Hot Seat
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By Deb Aikat et al.
Literary Hub

_The Times’_ editorial leadership remains silent on important and
troubling questions raised about its reporting and editorial
processes. We believe this inaction is not only harming _The
Times_ itself, it also actively endangers journalists, including
American reporters working in conflict zones as well as Palestinian
journalists.

NPR: WOKENESS AIN’T THE ISSUE
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By Alicia Montgomery
Slate

Uri Berliner, one of the NPR’s (formerly, as of now) senior editors,
set off a firestorm by publishing a commentary that essentially
blamed “wokeness” and Democratic partisanship for the apparent
loss of confidence in the once-unimpeachable institution. Christopher
Rufo, a conservative writer and fellow at the Manhattan Institute,
has launched a campaign against NPR’s new CEO Katherine Maher.

META: AI HITS THE FAN
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By Scott Nover
Fast Company

Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger) is flexing its muscle and
betting that AI ubiquity will actually improve user experience. So
far, at least, that looks like a misguided bet.

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