{"id":7566,"date":"2020-07-24T21:51:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T21:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stellaris.co.nz\/?p=7566"},"modified":"2020-07-24T22:31:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T22:31:49","slug":"does-what-we-see-in-the-media-represent-reality-for-our-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stellaris.co.nz\/index.php\/2020\/07\/24\/does-what-we-see-in-the-media-represent-reality-for-our-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Does what we see in the media represent reality for our customers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Does what we see in the media represent reality for our customers?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span>Here is a study which would indicate not!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span><strong>So the next question is:<\/strong> Do we allow our business strategy to be driven by public news or do we seek to triangulate information through collecting our own data? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span>What do you do?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span>Have a read of this article below.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"authors-byline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/team\">by Hannah Ritchie<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-info\">Our World in Data presents the empirical evidence on global development in entries dedicated to specific topics.<br \/> This blog post draws on data and research discussed in our entry on<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/causes-of-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Causes of Death<\/a><\/strong>.<\/div>\n<p>One of the primary motivations for our work at Our World in Data is to provide a fact-based overview of the world we live in \u2014 a perspective that includes the persistent and long-term changes that run as a backdrop to our daily lives. We aim to provide the complement to the fast-paced reporting we see in the news. The media provides a near-instantaneous snapshot of single events; events that are, in most cases, negative. The persistent, large-scale trends of<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/a-history-of-global-living-conditions-in-5-charts\">progress<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>never make the headlines.<\/p>\n<p>But is there evidence that such a disconnect exists between what we see in the news and what is reality for most of us?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die-from\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;] Does what we see in the media represent reality for our customers? Here is a study which would indicate not! So the next question is: Do we allow our business strategy to be driven by public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Here is a study which would indicate not. So the next question is: Do we allow our business strategy to be driven by public news or do we seek to triangulate information through collecting our own data? 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