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DOI	10.1080/21670811.2021.1977668
	Is Social Media Killing Local News? An Examination of Engagement and Ownership Patterns in U.S. Community News on Facebook
	Toff, Benjamin; Mathews, Nick
通讯作者	Toff, B (corresponding author), Univ Minnesota, Hubbard Sch Journalism & Mass Commun, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA.
来源期刊	DIGITAL JOURNALISM
ISSN	2167-0811
EISSN	2167-082X
出版年	2021-09
英文摘要	This article focuses on two forces linked to declines in coverage of genuinely local civic affairs: (a) the impact of increasing corporate consolidation in ownership among news providers, and (b) the degree to which the economic incentives and logics of digital platforms may also drive editorial decision-making at news organizations away from coverage of local news. Using a unique dataset of 2.4 million Facebook posts published by local news organizations in three U.S. states between 2018 and 2019, we find evidence that both factors matter. Long-running trends towards conglomeration in the industry have a demonstrable impact on how much and what kinds of local news gets posted on the site, but we also find that the platform itself may incentivize certain types of coverage over others. Specifically, we find organizations owned by chains are more likely to post duplicative, repurposed content that receive fewer interactions per post-evidence of quantity being valued over quality-as well as higher rates of engagement with national, hard news stories over unique content about local affairs. Findings shed light on how Facebook-combined with media ownership structures-may hinder the task of serving local communities with original news that satisfies important civic needs.
英文关键词	Local news social media Facebook audience research analytics online news news deserts media ecosystems
类型	Article ; Early Access
语种	英语
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000705002300001
WOS关键词	SOFT NEWS ; ONLINE AUDIENCE ; HARD ; JOURNALISM ; CHALLENGES ; NETWORKS
WOS类目	Communication
WOS研究方向	Communication
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/362939
作者单位	[Toff, Benjamin; Mathews, Nick] Univ Minnesota, Hubbard Sch Journalism & Mass Commun, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Toff, Benjamin,Mathews, Nick. Is Social Media Killing Local News? An Examination of Engagement and Ownership Patterns in U.S. Community News on Facebook[J],2021.
APA	Toff, Benjamin,&Mathews, Nick.(2021).Is Social Media Killing Local News? An Examination of Engagement and Ownership Patterns in U.S. Community News on Facebook.DIGITAL JOURNALISM.
MLA	Toff, Benjamin,et al."Is Social Media Killing Local News? An Examination of Engagement and Ownership Patterns in U.S. Community News on Facebook".DIGITAL JOURNALISM (2021).