#media landscape

[spltlvlhous]

i am a gift to the modern media landscape

[spltlvlhous]

im the singular weirdo making everything you didnt know you needed. i do it for fun o( ❛ᴗ❛ )o

[carrotineclara]

Pirating is perfectly moral and I fully support you folks who do it.

But like... I don't wanna do it? Can I just have a functioning media landscape instead please? Fully completed games without dlc that aren't $80? Movies not being scattered over 15 different streaming services? Shows not needing public pressure to be made before they're cancelled after one season? My media preferences not automatically being a political statement? Please? No? Alright...

[baddawgsports]

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[mai-komagata]

its not that shows weren't cancelled and cancelled viciously in the past... (people only remember the exemplary 6-7 season shows bc of syndication) but shows didn't take 2 years to make ten episodes with the cancellation decision being final 1 week after the season releases in 1 day or like 1 month.

Shows had yearlong seasons released contemporaneously and normally a mid season check-in. So if things were going really bad, there was usually some time to turn things around before the final cancellation, or half a season (like 10 eps) to wrap up storylines.

Midseason cancellation was rare, and i think the way shows are cancelled nowadays feels like that because seasons are short and decisions are made AFTER the writers, actors, directors have no time to course correct but also before audiences can work their magic.

so shows felt braver making longer, slower plotlines. Audiences weren't as fearful to grow attached. Because even if the show was cancelled early, things would probably be wrapped up.

I know laying down track while a show was airing was stressful for everyone, but this model is too. Can there be a middle ground where a show has time to build an audience and reserve and episode or two for wrap ups without being a hectic schedule for everyone and companies aren't exceeding their budgets either?

Dunno. I think even the worst show deserves a chance to have the writer write an ending.

[phoenixfeathersinfall]

My mom just let me know that two of the news organizations my household keeps up with fairly regularly have started instituting paywalls in 2025.

Now, I very much want to support journalists and believe they should be paid fairly for their work, but there's something just a little hard to swallow about mainstream news organizations rightfully raising an alarm about low information voters while paywalling access to as much info as they can.*

Once again thanking the good folks at PBS and NPR for letting people reach the news regardless of their financial means.

(*Because this is the reading comprehension website: I realize there are various extensions, plug-ins, and sites that allow you to bypass paywalls, and that's good! However, my mother is almost 60 and I doubt she's going to learn to use them. Additionally, I'm talking about a wider trend in the American news landscape.)

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Jon Stewart Reflects on American Politics and Media Evolution

Reflecting on Change: Jon Stewart on American Politics The comedian and co-host of “The Daily Show” shares insights on the evolution of American politics over the past two decades. Looking back to the Tea Party movement of 2010, we find ourselves in a time when a fresh face joined the ranks of Fox News—Tucker Carlson. Just two years removed from his stint at MSNBC, Carlson’s transition was a…

Jon Stewart Reflects on American Politics and Media Evolution