{"id":990,"date":"2012-09-18T19:52:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T01:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sebersole.wordpress.com\/?p=990"},"modified":"2012-09-18T19:52:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T01:52:59","slug":"an-outrageous-newsweek-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/an-outrageous-newsweek-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"An Out’rage’ous Newsweek Cover?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newsweek<\/em>\u00a0magazine was once a leader in the news weekly genre. But that was a long time ago and\u00a0Newsweek<\/em>\u00a0is now struggling to attract readers. One technique they’ve employed is the sensational cover photo and headline. According to an article in the Huffington Post<\/em><\/a>, “The conservative Daily Telegraph\u00a0called it\u00a0a ” sickening piece of shock journalism that cheapens a once great magazine” and compared it to the anti-Muslim film that sparked the protests.”<\/p>\n

This YouTube video captures some of the outrage directed at Newsweek<\/em> and other journalists.<\/p>\n

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In response to criticism about their cover, Newsweek<\/em> invited the public to chime in with their own take on the events recently unfolding in Islamic nations around the globe. They invited people to post to Twitter using the hashtag #muslimrage which was quickly hijacked by Muslims and non-Muslims alike. You can find a collections of some of the tweets, and images of Muslim Rage at Gawker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This mocking response to a serious issue demonstrates the challenges facing media companies who give up control to their readers\/viewers\/users. Listen to this NPR story<\/a> about the Twitter backlash.<\/p>\n

Yesterday’s LA Times<\/em><\/a> points to a recent article in Foreign Policy magazine in which the author suggested,<\/p>\n

that the increased democratization brought by the 2011 Arab uprisings and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter helped break down the barriers between cultures and tamp down the cycles of outrage compared to the previous protests over Danish cartoons in 2006 that left hundreds dead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It may be too soon to tell if democracy and social media will have a lasting positive effect on relationships that have taken centuries to grow apart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Newsweek\u00a0magazine was once a leader in the news weekly genre. But that was a long time ago and\u00a0Newsweek\u00a0is now struggling to attract readers. One technique they’ve employed is the sensational cover photo and headline. According to an article in the Huffington Post, “The conservative Daily Telegraph\u00a0called it\u00a0a ” sickening piece of shock journalism that cheapens … <\/p>\n

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