Re:Unusual experiment reveals the power of non-mainstream media
by snomad on Sunday November 12, 2017 @06:57AM
(#15680567)
Key takeaway (spoiler)
> King and White determined that it only took three stories in small outlets to boost public discussion of a given topic by 62.7 percent on Twitter. The same number of stories also swayed public opinion by about 2.3 percent in the direction of the stories' ideological positions. So media may not be able to change our opinions very much, but it can certainly change what we're talking about.
Re:Unusual experiment reveals the power of non-mainstream media
by dredmorbius on Sunday November 12, 2017 @07:05AM
(#15680587)
The original paper title might be substituted, though it's not much clearer: "How the news media activate public expression and influence national agendas".
> King and White determined that it only took three stories in small outlets to boost public discussion of a given topic by 62.7 percent on Twitter. The same number of stories also swayed public opinion by about 2.3 percent in the direction of the stories' ideological positions. So media may not be able to change our opinions very much, but it can certainly change what we're talking about.