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Headlines are an evolving art, as the pressures of digital algorithms are forcing news makers to emphasize the popular over the important. In this minisode of UnSpun, Dr. Sturg explains how headlines come to be and shares the latest research on how that affects you, the audience.
From COVID to presidential sex scandals, newsmakers use distraction to tell the story they want and take your attention from the story you *need*. In this episode of UnSpun, Dr. Sturg gives some examples of political distraction and she and award-winning journalist Ben Welsh talk about data...
Published 06/11/24
How does the news decide who to interview, and what do they do with people who just don't want to answer the questions? Dr. Sturg breaks it down in this week's mini-sode of UnSpun.
Published 06/04/24