Poynter’s Jon Greenberg remembers watching news reporters during the Vietnam War on television as a 12-year-old kid. He said when there were only three networks they had to appeal to a broader market with a more vague political consensus.
In the 1970s 70% of Americans had confidence in newspapers, TV and radio. These days, that number has plunged to 28%.
Now, with endless channels, publications and accounts to get information from, and it’s easy to consume news in a way that doesn’t challenge your beliefs — or to avoid news altogether.
In this episode, we look at today’s media landscape and consider how a lack of trust and fractured realities in media have sowed division.
Guests:
- Jon Greenberg, Beat Academy project lead, Poynter
- Johanna Dunaway, research director, Syracuse University Institute for Democracy, professor, Syracuse University
- Alexandros Efstratiou, postdoctoral scholar, University of Washington Center for an Informed Public
