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MEDIA BITS AND BYTES – AUGUST 6, 2024
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August 6, 2024
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_ Wrong on so many levels _
, Gary Trudeau, 1999
* NABJ: Trump’s Last Stand?
* Antitrust: Google Loses Heavily
* Argentina’s Boss is Watching You
* Kamala’s Online Army
* The Silicon Valley Election
* Meet the Murdochs: The Agony of Succession
* China’s e-Commerce is Gaining on Amazon
* Video Game Performers On Strike
* Social Media and Climate Change
* The Great Olympics Conspiracy
NABJ: TRUMP’S LAST STAND?
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By Jelani Cobb
Columbia Journalism Review
Donald Trump has been a central figure in American political life for
nearly a decade, yet the debate about his appearance in Chicago
illustrated the extent to which the press is still grappling with the
same questions that attended his emergence in 2015.
ANTITRUST: GOOGLE LOSES HEAVILY
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By Kyle Wiggers and Rebecca Bellan
TechCrunch
Google will appeal a U.S. District Court judge’s opinion that found
the technology giant acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in online
search. The decision from Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District
Court for the District of Columbia is a major defeat for Google that
could alter the way it does business and even change the structure of
the internet as we know it, should the decision stand.
ARGENTINA’S BOSS IS WATCHING YOU
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By Javier Lorca
EL PAÍS
The adjustment and streamlining of public agencies that President
Javier Milei is driving in Argentina does not apply to the areas of
security and defense. He has now created a special unit that will deal
with cyberpatrolling on social media and the internet, the analysis of
security cameras in real time and aerial surveillance using drones,
among other things.
KAMALA’S ONLINE ARMY
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By Drew Harwell, Taylor Lorenz, Justine McDaniel and María Luisa
Paúl
yahoo! news
Harris’s rise has triggered a flood of online energy in the form of
videos and memes designed to bolster her mass appeal. The videos,
often called “fan edits” or “fancams,” have cast Harris in the
kind of light typically reserved for pop-culture icons, with thumping
soundtracks, fast cuts and glittering visual effects. Many feature
what supporters see as her most endearing moments.
THE SILICON VALLEY ELECTION
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By Lily Lynch
The New Statesman
Silicon Valley’s embrace of Trump, along with the selection of
Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel’s chosen candidate JD Vance as his
running mate, already signalled that the home of Big Tech (and
“Little Tech”, meaning start-ups) would play a much bigger role in
this election than it ever had.
MEET THE MURDOCHS: THE AGONY OF SUCCESSION
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By Lauren Aratani
The Guardian
Rupert Murdoch, 93, the billionaire owner of News Corp and Fox
Corporation who helped inspire the show, is trying to give his eldest
son, Lachlan, full control of his media outlets upon his death. While
his other adult children – James, Elisabeth and Prudence – will
still receive equal shares of company profits, this would leave them
with no say over the companies upon his death.
CHINA’S E-COMMERCE IS GAINING ON AMAZON
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By John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
East Asia Forum
With Shein leading in fast fashion, Temu’s extensive list of goods
and affordable prices, and TikTok Shop’s use of audience preference
data for market targeting, these new contenders employ algorithms to
grow their brands rapidly without depending on traditional
manufacturers, posing potential long-term challenges for Amazon.
VIDEO GAME PERFORMERS ON STRIKE
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By James Dawes
The Conversation
After nearly two years of negotiations with gaming companies, video
game performers, who are represented by the Screen Actors
Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists union,
announced that they would go on strike due to an impasse over
protections from generative AI. The strike began at 12:01 a.m. on July
26, 2024.
SOCIAL MEDIA AND CLIMATE CHANGE
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By Afrooz Mosallaei
Free Press
We need to talk about and highlight the need for an affirmative
approach: Platforms must actively promote credible climate-change news
for the sake of the public interest. Social-media platforms can adapt
content for social-media consumption and the distracted audience
online, making complex topics such as climate change more accessible
and appealing.
THE GREAT OLYMPICS CONSPIRACY
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By Matt Gertz
Media Matters
The right-wing media has become pickled in its own outrage. They
simply cannot let themselves — or anyone else — enjoy good things
that normal Americans enjoy, like the dominance of U.S. women at the
Olympics. Instead, they build their audiences and make their money by
constantly trying to find something they can get mad about.
* Donald Trump
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* National Association of Black Journalists
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* antitrust
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* Google
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* Argentina
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* Javier Milei
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* cyberpatroling
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* Kamala Harris
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* memes
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* videos
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* 2024 Elections
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* Silicon Valley
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* Rupert Murdoch
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* Lachlan Murdoch
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* China
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* e-commerce
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* Amazon
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* SAG-AFTRA
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* strike
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* video game workers
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* social media
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* Climate Change
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* Olympics
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* right wing media
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