Hi all, want to see how shit journalism has become, or see bloody a successful PR campaign? Its easy, just make shit up, make it as clickbaity as possible & send it to everyone. If the journalist is lazy enough, they will print the article word for word. Copy & paste, no sweat: ndtv/article/world/lying-on-facebook-may-implant-false-memories-experts-641481 deccanchronicle/141230/lifestyle-health-and-wellbeing/article/lying-facebook-may-implant-false-memories Meanwhile, the pros are a bit more prosaic about it, while allowing a little more product placement: dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2888454/Youngsters-airbrushing-reality-social-media-make-lives-interesting-suffer-paranoia-sadness-shame-fail-live-online-image.html Then, when a lie is told enough times, it will be taken as truth. Especially when larger outlet has fallen for it. entertainmentwise/news/163579/Facebook-Bragging-Leads-To-Digital-Amnesia-Scientists-Warn There are 3 things that are commonly mentioned through all these articles. 1. Dr Richard Sherry 2. The study commissioned by Pencourage 3. Pencourage, online journal repository (not the kind youre thinking of) Here, we can tell that this piece of news is a PR piece by Pencourage. Then, being an online journal repository, Pencourage may instill a sense legitimacy to the study. BUT, The site is not really a site for academic journals, it is a site for the other meaning for the word journal, as in diaries. In short, it is a place where people can publish their diaries anonymously. The worst part here is that not a single article provided a link to the study. Have anyone actually asked whether the study actually exists? Why arent these journalists doing their job? Also, this Dr Richard Sherry fellow is not even associated with any university or think tank. He has a private service & thats it. scoop.it/t/psychological-treatment-a-new-concept-in-field-of-therapy psychologicalsystems.org/richard-sherry/ I cant find the Society for Neuropsychoanalysis hes supposedly found anywhere online and neither can I find any article & journal of his that he has published. He has a blog though, so maybe thats the standard they use for expertise journalists use today. Jesus Christ! Ladies & gentlemen, you are all on the front row seat of the roller coaster towards the incoming information wasteland.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:55:18 +0000
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