| Description |
1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Series |
Media and Power Ser |
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Media and Power Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Foundations -- 1 Introduction -- Defining Key Terms: Platforms, Quality, and News -- Chapter Overview -- Note -- References -- 2 Communication Technology and Threats to Democracy: We the People Are (Also) the Problem -- Defining the Threats -- Structural Explanations -- Processing Explanations -- Combining the Two: Structured Processing -- Structured Processing in Context -- Discussion and Conclusion |
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Note -- References -- Part II Measurement Approaches to News Quality -- 3 Social Media Metrics and News Quality -- News Quality -- Relationship Between News Quality and Social Media Popularity -- Drivers of Social Media Engagement -- Power of Popularity Cues -- Consequences of the Current Social Media Ecosystem -- Proposed Solutions for Preventing a Lemons Market -- References -- 4 Is That News for Me?: Defining News-Ness By Platform and Topic -- Platform Effects -- Considering Story Elements Across Platforms -- Replicating Across Issues -- Methods -- Measures -- News-ness -- Story Elements |
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What Affects News-Ness? -- How People Make Assessments of News-Ness -- Do the Elements People Use Differ By Issue? -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 User Comments as News Quality: Examining Incivility in Comments On Perceptions of News Quality -- Theoretical Framework -- News Quality and User Comments -- Online Incivility and News Quality -- Issue Obtrusiveness, Online Incivility, and News Quality -- Method -- Design and Procedure -- Stimulus Material -- Measures -- Perceptions of News Quality -- Reading Habits -- Manipulation Check -- Analytical Strategy -- Results -- Discussion |
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Practical Implications -- Limitations and Future Directions -- Note -- References -- 6 Beyond the "Trust" Survey: Measuring Media Attitudes Through Observation -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- From Single Measures to Multi-Dimensional Measures -- Measurement Challenges -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Note -- References -- Part III Algorithmic Systems and News Quality -- 7 All the News That's Fit to Tweet: Sociotechnical Local News Distribution From the New York Times to Twitter -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Curated Flows -- News Quality and Social Media Platforms |
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The New York Times -- Data and Methods -- Data Collection -- Labeling Local News -- Analytical Framework -- Results -- Local News Production (RQ1) -- Editorial Curation (RQ2) -- Platform Curation (RQ3) -- Discussion and Conclusion -- The Multi-Faceted Local News Crisis -- Potential Interventions -- Limitations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 8 Out of Control?: Using Interactive Testing to Understand User Agency in News Recommendation Systems -- Introduction -- Studying Recommender Systems in Different Fields -- The Complicated Function of User Agency in News Consumption |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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User Involvement in Recommender Systems |
| Subject |
Social media and journalism.
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Online journalism -- Objectivity.
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Online journalism -- Political aspects
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Online journalism -- Objectivity
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Online journalism -- Political aspects
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Social media and journalism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Napoli, Philip M
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| ISBN |
9781000841671 |
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1000841677 |
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