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No People, No News: News Deserts and Areas at Risk in Spain 没有人，没有新闻：西班牙沙漠和危险地区的新闻

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-07-04 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6727

María-Cruz Negreira-Rey, J. Vázquez-Herrero, Xosé López-García

{"title":"No People, No News: News Deserts and Areas at Risk in Spain","authors":"María-Cruz Negreira-Rey, J. Vázquez-Herrero, Xosé López-García","doi":"10.17645/mac.v11i3.6727","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i3.6727","url":null,"abstract":"In recent decades Spain has suffered a gradual process of depopulation and exodus from rural areas to large capitals. The España Vaciada political and social movement denounces the country’s territorial inequality, while the government is working on a strategic plan to address the demographic challenge. At the media level, there is concern about citizens’ access to a local and quality journalistic service, key to the strengthening of communities and their democratic functioning. The main objective of this research is to explore the phenomenon of news deserts in Spain, identifying the areas that can be considered news deserts and those that are at risk of becoming so, based on the mapping of digital media in the country. The characteristics of the digital media of the autonomous communities with the highest presence of news deserts are studied to ascertain whether the risk factors of population or richness index are connected to their appearance. The results reveal that 6,304 (77.53%) Spanish municipalities can be considered news deserts, inhabited by 11.6 million people, 24.51% of the country’s total population. In addition, another 523 municipalities are at risk of becoming news deserts. In the regions with the largest number of news deserts, there is a clear concentration of media in the main capitals and a weak ecosystem of local and hyperlocal media. Depopulation is the main risk factor in the loss of media and news coverage in local communities.","PeriodicalId":18348,"journal":{"name":"Media and Communication","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45904202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Age-Based Digital Divide: Uses of the Internet in People Over 54 Years Old 基于年龄的数字鸿沟:54岁以上人群的互联网使用

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-29 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6744

Natalia Papí-Gálvez, Daniel La Parra‐Casado

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引用次数: 1

Applicability of the User Experience Methodology: Communication and Employment Web Portal for Older Adults 用户体验方法的适用性:老年人沟通与就业门户网站

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-29 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6775

María De los Ángeles Ferrer-Mavárez, Erwin Robert Aguirre-Villalobos, Janeth Beatriz Valecillos-Pereira

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引用次数: 1

Instaworthy? Examining the Effects of (Targeted) Civic Education Ads on Instagram Instaworthy？考察Instagram上（有针对性的）公民教育广告的效果

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-29 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6614

Emilia Errenst, Annelien Van Remoortere, Susan A. M. Vermeer, S. Kruikemeier

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引用次数: 1

Media Concentration Law: Gaps and Promises in the Digital Age 媒体集中法:数字时代的差距与承诺

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i2.6393

T. Seipp

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引用次数: 2

“I Think Quality is More Important Than a Lot of Data” in Cities Datafication 在城市数据化中“我认为质量比大量数据更重要”

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i2.6510

Carl Chineme Okafor

引用次数: 1

Digitalised Welfare: Access, Usage, and Outcomes Among Older Adults 数字化福利:老年人的获取、使用和结果

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-22 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6694

Tobias Olsson, Dino Viscovi

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引用次数: 1

The Limits of Social Media Mobilization: How Protest Movements Adapt to Social Media Logic 社交媒体动员的局限：抗议运动如何适应社交媒体逻辑

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-22 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6635

Marlene Schaaf, Oliver Quiring

{"title":"The Limits of Social Media Mobilization: How Protest Movements Adapt to Social Media Logic","authors":"Marlene Schaaf, Oliver Quiring","doi":"10.17645/mac.v11i3.6635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i3.6635","url":null,"abstract":"The emergence of social networking sites offers protest movements new ways to mobilize for action and draw attention to their issues. However, relying on social media also creates challenges, as social media follow their own principles. If protest movements want to be visible in news feeds, they have to adapt to so-called social media logic, as originally postulated in mediatization research. The principles of social media have been conceptualized. However, there is a lack of empirical research on how political actors perceive and orient to this logic, how they learn about it, and the consequences for mobilization (i.e., communicating protest issues as well as taking protest action). As protest movements are an integral part of modern democracies, use social media somewhat intensively, and usually build on a fluid network structure that allows us to examine adaptation processes in greater detail, they are particularly suitable for addressing these questions. Semi-structured interviews with activists organizing protest actions or managing social media accounts from 29 movement organizations in Germany (N = 33) revealed that protest movements have internalized social media logic and paid attention to not only the design but also the timing of posts to suit algorithms. The protest organizations generally built on their experience with social media. The degree to which they followed these principles was based on available resources. Limits of this adaptation arose, for example, if sensitive or negative content rarely produced likes or, increasingly, personalization evoked a presumed hierarchy within the movements.","PeriodicalId":18348,"journal":{"name":"Media and Communication","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44543424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

The Perception of Older Adults Regarding Socio-Political Issues Disseminated on Social Networks 老年人对社交网络上传播的社会政治问题的认知

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-19 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6748

M. Sánchez-Valle

{"title":"The Perception of Older Adults Regarding Socio-Political Issues Disseminated on Social Networks","authors":"M. Sánchez-Valle","doi":"10.17645/mac.v11i3.6748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i3.6748","url":null,"abstract":"Research on the relationship between seniors and social networks has focused mainly on the difficulties experienced by this group in accessing the internet. However, it has not examined other aspects such as participation by older adults in socio-political discourse. Although articles have been written on specific topics related to this issue, such studies are not enough. This research aims to analyse the perception of people over 60 years of age regarding the use of social networks as a channel for staying informed and participating in socio-political discourse that takes place on social media. To achieve this objective, four focus groups were conducted in July of 2022. In assessing the results, the transcripts were examined using qualitative-inductive content analysis and reinforced with topic analysis to identify shared perceptions. The co-occurrence evaluation reveals a strong relationship between negative perceptions and concepts such as tension and fake news. Positive perceptions are associated with the ease of interaction with other users and the potential for obtaining information. Differences have also been observed among social networks such as Facebook and WhatsApp, which appear to be the networks of choice for sharing information and opinions on socio-political issues.","PeriodicalId":18348,"journal":{"name":"Media and Communication","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48111205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Rise of the Zombie Papers: Infecting Germany’s Local and Regional Public Media Ecosystem 僵尸论文的兴起：影响德国地方和地区公共媒体生态系统

IF 3.1 2区文学

Media and Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-15 DOI: 10.17645/mac.v11i3.6816

K. Assmann

{"title":"Rise of the Zombie Papers: Infecting Germany’s Local and Regional Public Media Ecosystem","authors":"K. Assmann","doi":"10.17645/mac.v11i3.6816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i3.6816","url":null,"abstract":"Germany’s public broadcasters, along with local newspapers, have consistently ranked among the top three most trusted news sources in Germany. Yet growing criticism of mandatory fees and recent revelations about public broadcasters’ misuse of funds have put into question the health of Germany’s news and information infrastructure. In fact, a perfect storm appears to be brewing: precarious working conditions, exacerbated by cutbacks in the wake of Covid-19 and the emergence of so-called zombie papers. These papers, published without a local staff, reporters, or newsrooms, threaten to complicate audiences’ perceptions of news credibility and trust. This study explores Germany’s emerging news deserts by examining the rise of zombie newspapers in two states, one in the Western and one in the Eastern part of the country. Analyses of existing literature through the lens of institutional political economy and of interviews with key informants show that Germany, despite its strong federalized system, is following in US footsteps by creating journalist-free zones. A network of hard-to-follow corporate collaborations is endangering the foundations of post-war Germany’s media system: pluralism and media diversity.","PeriodicalId":18348,"journal":{"name":"Media and Communication","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48034681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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