Social media platforms are awash with videos of microapartments and tiny homes, amassing tens of millions of views. But do clicks translate into new occupants?
The media in Argentina are characterised by concentrated private ownership, weak public broadcasters, growing distrust in all news outlets, and decreasing interest in news among the population in the aftermath of COVID-19. A presidential election in 2023 could spur public interest in information but also could see increased levels of polarisation.
Argentina has a strong and concentrated private media system, comparatively weaker public media organisations, and a high degree of political polarisation in the media. As the pandemic receded, circulation of print newspapers has continued to fall.
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While spending time on social media a few days ago, I happened to notice a recently-published article by a website maintained by Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation, Nieman Journalism Labs, which reports on digital media innovation.
And the piece had a striking title, to say the least: “Why do people still get print newspapers? Well, partly to start up the grill (seriously).”
I mean, it’s common knowledge that things in the journalism world are rough-going across the board right now. Lay-offs, consolidations of staff, closings. And that’s especially true in print media: newspapers, magazines, and sundry other publications made primarily of wood pulp and ink. It can’t help morale, then, to learn the very people you’re trying to reach with news content, and those