Social Media and the Public Interest: Media Regulation in the Disinformation Age

Philip M. Napoli

Published by Columbia University Press 2019

Social Media and the Public Interest

Media Regulation in the Disinformation Age

Philip M. Napoli

https://doi.org/10.7312/napo18454

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About this book

Philip M. Napoli offers a timely and persuasive case for seeing social media as news media, with a fundamental obligation to serve the public interest. Media Technocracy offers valuable insights for the democratic governance of today’s most influential shapers of news.

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Napoli Philip :

Philip M. Napoli is professor and the James R. Shepley Professor of Public Policy at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. His previous books include Audience Economics: Media Institutions and the Audience Marketplace (Columbia, 2003), and Audience Evolution: New Technologies and the Transformation of Media Audiences (Columbia, 2011). He is also the author of more than 90 articles in journals such as Communication Theory and Telecommunications Policy.Philip M. Napoli is the James R. Shepley Professor of Public Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, where he is also a faculty affiliate with the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy. His previous books include Audience Economics: Media Institutions and the Audience Marketplace (2003) and Audience Evolution: New Technologies and the Transformation of Media Audiences (2010), both from Columbia University Press.

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Seth C. Lewis, Papé Chair in Emerging Media, University of Oregon:
While recent episodes have raised questions about algorithmic manipulation and discrimination, what remained missing was a truly comprehensive account, one that not only synthesizes the state of affairs but also offers a conceptual framework for interpreting these developments in light of public policy, news values and ethics, and the future of the public sphere. This book bridges that gap.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Taming of the Web and the Rise of Algorithmic News Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
2. Algorithmic Gatekeeping and the Transformation of News Organizations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
3. The First Amendment, Fake News, and Filter Bubbles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
4. The Structure of the Algorithmic Marketplace of Ideas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
5. The Public-Interest Principle in Media Governance: Past and Present Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
6. Reviving the Public Interest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: General/trade;

eBook

Published: September 2, 2019
ISBN: 9780231545549