If we need simple narratives so people can amplify and spread them, are we forced to engage only with the simplest of problems?
Ethan ZuckermanA world where everyone creates content gets confusing pretty quickly without a good search engine.
Ethan ZuckermanMoments of crisis, like the shooting in Newtown, tend to produce brief spikes of popular interest in gun control. My research on media attention suggests these spikes are extremely short-lived, and that they may be decreasing in intensity.
Ethan Zuckerman