Media roles in the online news domain: authorities and emergent audience brokers

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• dc.contributor.author Majó-Vázquez, Sílvia
• dc.contributor.author Cardenal, Ana Sofía
• dc.contributor.author Sagarra, Oleguer
• dc.contributor.author Colomer de Simón, Pol
• dc.date.accessioned 2023-05-10T06:25:53Z
• dc.date.available 2023-05-10T06:25:53Z
• dc.date.issued 2020
• dc.description.abstract This article empirically tests the role of legacy and digital-born news media, mapping the patterns of audience navigation across news sources and the relationship between news providers. We borrow tools from network science to bring evidence that suggest legacy news media retain control of the most central positions in the online news domain. Great progress has been made in discussing theoretically the impact of the Internet on the news media ecology. Less research attention, however, has been given to empirically testing changes in the role of legacy media and the rising prominence of digital-born outlets. To fill this gap, in this study we use the hyperlink-induced topic search algorithm, which identifies authorities by means of a hyperlink network, to show that legacy media are still the most authoritative sources in the media ecology. To further substantiate their dominant role, we also examine the structural position of news providers in the audience network. We gather navigation data from a panel of 30,000 people and use it to reproduce the network of patterns of news consumption. While legacy news media retain control of the brokerage positions for the general population, our analysis—focused on patterns of young news consumers—reveals that new digital outlets also occupy relevant positions to control the audience flow. The results of this study have substantive implications for our understanding of news organizations’ roles and how they attain authority in the digital age.
• dc.description.sponsorship The research reported in this article was partly funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under grant CSO2013–47082-P. The idea for this article originated when the first author was visiting at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and joined the DiMeNet group lead by Sandra González-Bailón.
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• dc.identifier.citation Majó-Vázquez S, Cardenal AS, Segarra O, Colomer de Simón P. Media roles in the online news domain: authorities and emergent audience brokers. Media Commun. 2020;8(2):98-111. DOI: 10.17645/mac.v8i2.2741
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i2.2741
• dc.identifier.issn 2183-2439
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/56750
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Cogitatio
• dc.relation.ispartof Media and Communication. 2020;8(2):98-111.
• dc.relation.isreferencedby https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/downloadSuppFile/2741/923
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/CSO2013-47082-P
• dc.rights © 2020 by the authors; licensee Cogitatio (Lisbon, Portugal). This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY).
• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• dc.subject.keyword digital audience
• dc.subject.keyword digital-born media
• dc.subject.keyword hyperlinks
• dc.subject.keyword legacy media
• dc.subject.keyword network analysis
• dc.subject.keyword news
• dc.subject.keyword online news
• dc.title Media roles in the online news domain: authorities and emergent audience brokers
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
• dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion