Re:Engineers create synthetic, sound-silencing structure tha...
by pmoriarty on Sunday July 07, 2019 @05:33PM
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"What's interesting is how the journalistic outlet has to be so much more exaggerated and use so many more tricks even than a press release. Presumably this reflects the economics of media vs. that of universities."
This really depends on the media outlet. Some, like Fast Company are full of uncritical puff pieces about the industry they cover, others not so much.
Economics certainly play a role, however -- from media being soft on their advertisers to industry execs writing for, editing, owning, or having input on hiring/firing decisions to certain media outlets pandering to the lowest common denominator and deliberately writing the most hyperbolic, sensationalistic articles to be popular with readers fond of that sort of fare and outcompete other media that aren't quite as sensationalitic. It's a winning formula, as can be witnessed by the widespread success of tabloids.
This really depends on the media outlet. Some, like Fast Company are full of uncritical puff pieces about the industry they cover, others not so much.
Economics certainly play a role, however -- from media being soft on their advertisers to industry execs writing for, editing, owning, or having input on hiring/firing decisions to certain media outlets pandering to the lowest common denominator and deliberately writing the most hyperbolic, sensationalistic articles to be popular with readers fond of that sort of fare and outcompete other media that aren't quite as sensationalitic. It's a winning formula, as can be witnessed by the widespread success of tabloids.
Not all media is like this, though.