Looking- Images and quotes

 

Adriana Crow eye of the beholder (2023)

Adriana Crow portal to the mind (2023)

Adriana Crow self portrait (2023)

Quotes:

1. “In a world where publishing is effortless, the decision to publish something isn't terribly momentous. Just as movable type raised the value of being able to read and write even as it destroyed the scribal tradition, globally free publishing is making public speech and action more valuable, even as its absolute abundance diminishes the specialness of professional publishing.“

This is something I tend to think about a lot. With the influx of social media, especially twitter, you hear many opinions from all over the world. Everyone’s voice is heard, regardless of background, age and gender. I can see how it makes journalism a lot less special, and I’d say it’s now less sought out due to the convenience of social media. Usually for journalism, you have to make an effort to find the story in the first place. Like actively checking the news and seeking out an article. However someone could post about the exact same thing without you needing to go out of the way. And if it’s someone you follow posting about it, it’s likely you’re going to take their word for it, regardless of the source. (Which could either end up being an actual journalist, or a high schooler) 

2. “As they surveyed the growing amount of self-published content on the internet, many media companies correctly understood that the trustworthiness of each outlet was lower than that of established outlets like The New York Times. But what they failed to understand was that the effortlessness of publishing means that there are many more outlets. The same idea, published in dozens or hundreds of places, can have an amplifying effect that outweighs the verdict from the smaller number of professional outlets.”

Much like the point I made with the pervious quote (despite it being later in the article), Social media makes it so much easier to hear many different voices and outlooks on the same issues. While New York Times is still typically seen as more reliable for information than smaller publishers, a shared idea from many smaller publishers can sort of drown out these bigger more generally respected sources, as their voices become the general consensus.