Wednesday, December 24, 2014

"How Facebook Is Changing the Way Its Users Consume Journalism"

"The shift raises questions about the ability of computers to curate news, a role traditionally played by editors. It also has broader implications for the way people consume information, and thus how they see the world.

In an interview at Facebook’s sprawling headquarters here, which has a giant, self-driving golf cart that takes workers between buildings, Mr. Marra said he did not think too much about his impact on journalism."
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/business/media/how-facebook-is-changing-the-way-its-users-consume-journalism.html

THINK ABOUT YOUR IMPACT ON JOURNALISM, FACEBOOK. What?? How are they being this willfully unaware of their impact on the world?? They need mandatory sociology courses on power and privilege.

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