Facebook, news media and platform dependency: The institutional impacts of news distribution on social platforms

Meese, J; Hurcombe, E

Facebook, news media and platform dependency: The institutional impacts of news distribution on social platforms

Meese, J

Hurcombe, E

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Publisher:: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: New Media and Society, 2021, 23, (8), pp. 2367-2384
Issue Date:: 2021-08-01

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dc.contributor.author	Meese, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1910-6166
dc.contributor.author	Hurcombe, E
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-24T22:01:51Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-24T22:01:51Z
dc.date.issued	2021-08-01
dc.identifier.citation	New Media and Society, 2021, 23, (8), pp. 2367-2384
dc.identifier.issn	1461-4448
dc.identifier.issn	1461-7315
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/156574
dc.description.abstract	There is a growing concern around the dependency of news organisations on platforms like Facebook for audience traffic. However, scholars are still working out the extent of this dependency and how it manifests in practice. In this article, we draw on interviews with Australian news professionals and industry fieldwork to provide a nuanced account of this phenomenon. We find that news media organisations have recently started to diversify their distribution strategies and the business models associated with them in response to Facebook’s algorithm changes. While Facebook remains important, we suggest that greater attention needs to be paid to the complex relationships that news organisations have with platforms. This article ends by considering the implications of these findings for international policy discussions centred around the prospect of platform regulation.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE190100458
dc.relation.ispartof	New Media and Society
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1461444820926472
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1902 Film, Television and Digital Media, 2001 Communication and Media Studies
dc.subject.classification	Communication & Media Studies
dc.title	Facebook, news media and platform dependency: The institutional impacts of news distribution on social platforms
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	23
utslib.for	1902 Film, Television and Digital Media
utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
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pubs.issue	8
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Abstract:

There is a growing concern around the dependency of news organisations on platforms like Facebook for audience traffic. However, scholars are still working out the extent of this dependency and how it manifests in practice. In this article, we draw on interviews with Australian news professionals and industry fieldwork to provide a nuanced account of this phenomenon. We find that news media organisations have recently started to diversify their distribution strategies and the business models associated with them in response to Facebook’s algorithm changes. While Facebook remains important, we suggest that greater attention needs to be paid to the complex relationships that news organisations have with platforms. This article ends by considering the implications of these findings for international policy discussions centred around the prospect of platform regulation.

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