Weekly New/Digital Media homework Week 27

WEEK 27

1. The game of concentration: The Internet is pushing the American news business to New York and the coasts

• But the Internet meant reporters could churn out content from anywhere. 
• “The Internet doesn’t spread things apart — it pushes them together,”Richard Florida, the urban studies theorist, told me. “You’re seeing more of these winner-take-all effects.”
• Physical distribution of newspapers and over-the-air distribution of TV signals meant location was all-important for daily news. Journalistic talent was arrayed to match, with substantial newsrooms in every city.

2. Facebook has another hidden inbox you probably didn't realise was there

• Users discover hundreds of ‘filtered’ messages buried behind a series of menus that they didn’t know existed
• The inbox, accessible on the web or Facebook Messenger apps for smartphones and tablets, is part of Facebook’s filtering system, designed to catch spam and other unwanted messages.
• However, users, including myself and others within the Guardian, have discovered their “filtered” inbox full of legitimate messages that never made it to the main inbox or Messenger app.
• Within the Messenger app the hidden inbox is buried under four menus. To get to it tap Settings, then People, then Message Requests and tap on the “See filtered requests” link.