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M Ichael Josefowicz Dmitry Sokolov "but by making inferences from information flows?" The most important inferences, to me, are the Intents. It leads directly to making explicit the power dynamics and a context for evaluating a comment. Once power dynamics are well understand, the ability to make changes in any context improves.
With all the railing about mass media journalism. Journalists are constrained by the Intents of the company they work for. The intent of a mass media company is to attract advertising. The way to attract advertising is to deliver a well defined audience to the advertiser. In political reporting the best way to attract advertising is to frame it as Fight. There are many niche audiences that love to watch a fight.
FOX news in the states has gathered a stable niche audience of over 65+ people who are fearful of a black president in the USA and the changes in their personal lives. Many people see that FOX is pushing political views because they believe them. Mostly it's just business. Their intent is embedded in the business model. If they start to lose their audience their "politics" will move away from the fringes. Same works for every cable channel in the USA.
The BBC has a different style. They have to stay in the good graces of government. Le Monde speaks to their audience.
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