Notices by Jay Rosen (jayrosen_nyu@mastodon.social)

One conflict between me and some people who follow me on social media: I think it's difficult to describe what Fox is, they think it's easy.

Propaganda. Entertainment. Angertainment. Pro Wrestling.

My current description of Fox:

The commercial arm of a right wing political movement, specializing in strategic resentment and aggregated grievance in the attention economy, while behind the scenes it tries to be a kingmaker and party boss, riding the tiger of manipulated rage.

#uspol #journalism

@shoq

I am quite familiar with this quandry. I am also quite aware that my description is annoying as hell.

But I am equally annoyed by the breezy attitude that says, "It's propaganda, what else do you need to know?" "It's entertainment, what else do you need to know?"

Let's test my Mastodon network.

If you're a grad student (MA or PhD) at NYU who wants to help local journalism surivive, and who might want to take a course with me... this is a heads up.

Spring semester, my students and I have a nifty project planned with a local news startup in NYC. We are looking to add people to the project from different discplines. Tech, data, design, city planning, NY politics, local life.

Forward If you know someone at NYU who should know. My email is on my profile.