Social Media and the Public Interest: Media Regulation in the Disinformation Age PDF
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Social Media and the Public Interest Media Regulation in the Disinformation Age Philip M. Napoli Social Media and the Public Interest Social Media and the Public Interest ••• Media Regulation in the Disinformation Age Philip M. Napoli Columbia University Press New York Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex cup.columbia.edu Copyright © 2019 Columbia University Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Napoli, Philip M., author. Title: Social media and the public interest : media regulation in the disinformation age / Philip M. Napoli. Description: New York : Columbia University Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019021836 (print) | LCCN 2019008051 (e-book) | ISBN 9780231184540 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780231545549 (e-book) Subjects: LCSH: Social media and journalism. | Web usage mining in journalism. | Social media. Classification: LCC PN4766 .N36 2019 (e-book) | LCC PN4766 (print) | DDC 302.23—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019021836 Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America Cover design: Lisa Hamm For Donovan • Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. The Taming of the Web and the Rise of Algorithmic News 22 2. Algorithmic Gatekeeping and the Transformation of News Organizations 53 3. The First Amendment, Fake News, and Filter Bubbles 80 4. The Structure of the Algorithmic Marketplace of Ideas 107 VIII • CONTENTS 5. The Public-Interest Principle in Media Governance: Past and Present 132 6. Reviving the Public Interest 163 Conclusion 199 Notes 203 Index 273 Acknowledgments M y previous books have been relatively solitary endeavors. This time, though, I find myself with quite a laundry list of individuals and organizations to thank. All of them have helped to make this a better book than it otherwise would have been. First and foremost, I need to thank Philip Leventhal of Columbia University Press, for convincing me to revive a project that I had let go dormant. Without his encouragement and gentle prodding, I might have let this project continue to sit among my other half-baked book ideas. His editorial feedback along the way has been incredibly helpful. The topic ended up being even more of a moving target than I imag- ined when I started the project (which was before the 2016 election), so I am also appreciative of his patience as I reworked chapters and adjusted small details right up until the very end. This is a book that just never felt done. I also appreciated the feedback of the two anonymous review- ers who generously read and commented upon both the original pro- posal and the completed manuscript. Thanks also to Peggy Tropp for a really superb job of copyediting, and to Ben Kolstad, for overseeing the production. Also vitally important has been the support I received in the form of an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. While this publication was made possible by a grant from
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