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1 online resource (vi, 180 pages) : illustrations |
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Communication and society |
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Communication and society (Routledge (Firm))
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: News audiences, and the myths of the social media era; Models of democracy; Plurality and diversity; Plan of the book; Notes; References; 2. Personalisation is democratisation: Myth: news personalisation will improve plurality, diversity and ultimately democracy; Regulation, disengagement and democracy; News polarisation/political polarisation; Who is editing your feed?; The impact of social media on news; The power of groups; The influentials |
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The consequences of a "choice"-based news system; Note; References; 3. We are all journalists now: Myth: the role of the journalist is merging with the role of the audience; Does technology turn citizens into journalists?; Counting the active audience; What do active audiences produce?; The prosumer; Citizen news; Partnership -- Open journalism; Witnessing; The authoritative source; Activist media; Supporting journalism; Notes; References; 4. The wisdom of crowds? How algorithms rule online: Myth: the many are smarter than the few; How the Internet grew up |
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Network effects -- how they work; How programmatic advertising feeds the trolls; Going viral; Influencing the influentials; Feedback effects; Crowds and the journalism field; Notes; References; 5. Globalisation: Myth: the Internet has produced the "global village" envisioned by McLuhan; Homogenisation towards Westernisation?; Global counter-narratives; National media flows and global elites; Glocalising the news; Diasporic communities and global news; Political and social movements; The Internet and social media has not created a global village; Notes; References |
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6. Communities online are replacing communities offline: Myth: real social solidarity online has displaced the imagined solidarity of the mass news media; News integration and belonging; News, ritual and sociability; News exposure and cultural capital; News exposure and public disconnection; Informed citizens and civic engagement; Social media, mainstream media and elections; Future pathways to news and civic engagement; News media and solidarity; Note; References; 7. The end of trust in mainstream media: Myth: the Internet and social media have replaced edited news |
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Trust, facts and "truthiness"; How trust varies across countries and time; Distrust in mainstream media, the hostile media effect and alternative news sources; Mainstream media and trustworthiness; Notes; References; 8. The net generation will revolutionise the way we relate to news: Myth: there is a digital generation with an innate understanding of digital communication; Age and generation in news media research; News exposure is not stable over the life cycle; Just not that into news; News exposure and political socialisation; Young people are not a homogenous group; A dangerous rhetoric |
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| Summary |
"Misunderstanding News Audiences interrogates the prevailing myths around the impact of the Internet and social media on news consumption and democracy. The book draws on a broad range of comparative research into audience engagement with news, across different geographic regions, to provide insight into the experience of news audiences in the twenty-first century. From its inception, it was imagined that the Internet would benignly transform the nature of news media and its consumers. There were predictions that it would, for example, break up news oligarchies, improve plurality and diversity through news personalisation, create genuine social solidarity online, and increase political awareness and participation among citizens. However, this book finds that, while mainstream news media is still the major source of news, the new media environment appears to lead to greater polarisation between news junkies and news avoiders, and to greater political polarisation. The authors also argue that the dominant role of the USA in the field of news audience research has created myths about a global news audience, which obscures the importance of national context as a major explanation for news exposure differences. Misunderstanding News Audiences presents an important analysis of findings from recent audience studies and, in doing so, encourages readers to re-evaluate popular beliefs about the influence of the Internet on news consumption and democracy in the West."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
News audiences -- History -- 21st century
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Journalism -- History -- 21st century
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Journalism -- Technological innovations
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Social media.
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social media.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Media Studies.
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Journalism
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Journalism -- Technological innovations
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News audiences
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Social media
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Social Media
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Publikumsforschung
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Medienkonsum
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Nachrichtensendung
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Internet
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Media Studies.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Phillips, Angela, author.
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| ISBN |
9781315444352 |
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1315444356 |
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9781315444345 |
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1315444348 |
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9781315444369 |
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1315444364 |
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9781315444338 |
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131544433X |
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