Daily Transmission - Manufactured Outrage, Media Manipulation, & Viral Anger,

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Research Links for “The Outrage They Manufacture”

Facebook/Meta Algorithm Manipulation

 1. Facebook Internal Documents (Frances Haugen Leaks)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-facebook-files-11631713039

 ∙ Wall Street Journal’s “Facebook Files” series documenting internal research showing angry reactions drive 5x more engagement

 1. Facebook Memo on Polarization

 ∙ https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/26/21270659/facebook-division-news-feed-algorithms

 ∙ Internal memo discussing how polarized content increases engagement

Media Ownership Consolidation

 1. Corporate Media Ownership Chart

 ∙ https://www.webfx.com/blog/internet/the-6-companies-that-own-almost-all-media-infographic/

 ∙ Documentation of six corporations controlling 90% of American media

 1. FCC Media Ownership Rules

 ∙ https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/media-ownership

 ∙ Federal Communications Commission data on media consolidation

Congressional Activity During Distraction Cycles

 1. RESTRICT Act (2023)

 ∙ https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686

 ∙ Full text of the act passed with minimal coverage during TikTok controversy

 1. 2024 NDAA Passage

 ∙ https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670

 ∙ $886 billion defense bill passed during media distraction cycles

 1. Congressional Voting Records

 ∙ https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes

 ∙ Track what actually passes during major media controversies

Corporate Consolidation During Outrage Cycles

 1. BlackRock Housing Acquisitions

 ∙ https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-sell-a-house-these-days-the-buyer-might-be-a-pension-fund-11617544801

 ∙ Documentation of institutional investors buying single-family homes

 1. Invitation Homes Corporate Ownership

 ∙ https://www.invitationhomes.com/

 ∙ Publicly traded company’s own disclosures on portfolio size

Engagement Optimization Research

 1. MIT Study on Fake News Spread

  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aap9559

 ∙ Research showing false information spreads 6x faster than truth on Twitter

 1. Pew Research on Social Media & News

  https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/

 
∙ Data on news consumption patterns and engagement

Platform Algorithm Studies

 1. YouTube Radicalization Research

 ∙ https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA704-3.html

 ∙ RAND Corporation study on algorithmic recommendation and radicalization

 1. Twitter Bot Network Analysis

 ∙ https://www.propublica.org/article/how-we-analyzed-the-comprop-data

 ∙ ProPublica investigation into manufactured trending topics

Financial Transfers During Distraction

 1. 2020 CARES Act Corporate Provisions

 ∙ https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-american-industry

 ∙ Treasury data on corporate bailouts during pandemic

 1. Bank Bailouts 2023

 ∙ 
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20230312a.htm

 ∙ Federal Reserve emergency lending during Silicon Valley Bank collapse

Bipartisan Policy Consensus

 1. Defense Spending Votes

 ∙ https://clerk.house.gov/Votes

 ∙ House voting records showing bipartisan support for military budgets

 1. Surveillance Expansion Votes

 ∙ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/congress-reconsiders-section-702-lets-not-repeat-mistakes-patriot-act

 ∙ Electronic Frontier Foundation tracking of surveillance legislation

Media Production Strategies

 1. Former Fox Producer Revelations

 ∙ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/11/the-making-of-the-fox-news-white-house

 ∙ Inside look at cable news production decisions

 1. MSNBC/CNN Production Analysis

 ∙ https://www.cjr.org/analysis/cable-news-business-model.php

 ∙ Columbia Journalism Review on cable news business models

Rage Farming Economics

 1. Time Spent on Social Media Statistics

 ∙ https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/social-media/

 ∙ Pew data on daily social media consumption

 1. Emotional Contagion Study

 ∙ https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1320040111

 ∙ Facebook’s controversial emotion manipulation experiment

Alternative News Tracking

 1. What Didn’t Make the News

 ∙ https://www.projectcensored.org/

 ∙ Project Censored’s annual list of under-reported stories

 1. FAIR Media Analysis

 ∙ https://fair.org/

 ∙ Fairness & Accuracy In R...