I wonder if there's been an academic study of how covid changed what's considered "newsworthy" by network news. For example imagine a pre-covid situation where X is the minimum number of people to be killed in a random mass shooting so it's broadcast live on MSNBC. And X is ~3 or whatever. Is that still the case now that the public thinks covid is over and they're massively desensitized to death?
Is X the same or larger? My wild hunch is X is larger now.
I wonder if there's been an academic study of how covid changed what's considered "newsworthy" by network news. For example imagine a pre-covid situation where X is the minimum number of people to be killed in a random mass shooting so it's broadcast live on MSNBC. And X is ~3 or whatever. Is that still the case now that the public thinks covid is over and they're massively desensitized to death?
Is X the same or larger? My wild hunch is X is larger now.