Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Could sex be the saviour of the newspaper industry

Here is a novel way of saving the newspaper industry...sex.

Cory Silverberg writes in the Huffington Post that

Sex offers a lesson in the trouble newspapers and network television find themselves in, and a clue as to how they might turn their fortunes around.
and she adds that

Nowhere is the disconnect between mainstream news production and the lives and experiences of those of us who consume it more apparent than in content about sexuality. New outlets love an excuse to run sexual content because they know it attracts readers. But they have to keep it superficial and ultimately judgmental because they live in fear of complaining advertisers. The result is content that reflects back a stereotype and fails to connect with anyone’s lived experience.

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