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Soft Presentation of Hard News? A Content Analysis of Political Facebook Posts
Media and Communication ( IF 2.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-24 , DOI: 10.17645/mac.v8i3.3152
Miriam Steiner

The current media environment is primarily characterised by a large amount of information and, in contrast, rather fragmented audience attention. This is especially true for social media, particularly Facebook, which have become important news sources for many people. Journalists cannot help but publish content on Facebook if they want to reach the part of their audience that mainly—or even only—consumes news there. On Facebook, journalists are at the mercy of the algorithm that determines the visibility of their content. Because user engagement is a crucial factor in the algorithm, concerns have been raised that journalists are abandoning their normative quality standards to make the news as attractive as possible to the audience—at the expense of media performance. A softened presentation of the news, particularly in Facebook posts, may help achieve this aim, but research on this subject is lacking. The present study analyses this practice of softening the news in four German media outlets’ ( BILD , FAZ , Der Spiegel , Tagesschau ) political Facebook posts. The results show that the overall level of news softening is low to medium. Furthermore, comparing them to website teasers reveals that news softening is only slightly higher on Facebook (mainly BILD and Der Spiegel ), and that there are no converging trends between quality or public service media and tabloid media. Exaggerated fears about news softening are therefore unnecessary. Continued analysis of news softening, as well as ongoing adaption of the concept according to dynamic developments, is nevertheless important.

中文翻译:

软新闻的硬新闻?Facebook政治帖子的内容分析

当前的媒体环境的主要特征是信息量大,相反,观众的注意力分散。对于社交媒体,尤其是Facebook,尤其如此,因为社交媒体已成为许多人的重要新闻来源。如果新闻工作者想吸引主要(甚至仅)在此消费新闻的受众,他们就不得不在Facebook上发布内容。在Facebook上,记者受决定该内容可见性的算法的摆布。由于用户参与度是算法中的关键因素,因此引起了人们的关注,即新闻工作者正在放弃其规范的质量标准,以使新闻尽可能地吸引听众,而以牺牲媒体的表现为代价。新闻的柔化显示,尤其是在Facebook帖子中,也许可以帮助实现这一目标,但是缺乏关于该主题的研究。本研究分析了在德国的四个媒体(BILD,FAZ,Der Spiegel,Tagesschau)的政治Facebook帖子中软化新闻的这种做法。结果表明,新闻软化的总体水平是中低水平。此外,将它们与网站挑逗者进行比较后发现,在Facebook(主要是BILD和Der Spiegel)上,新闻的软化程度仅略高,并且质量或公共服务媒体与小报媒体之间没有趋同的趋势。因此,不必担心新闻软化。然而,不断分析新闻软化以及根据动态发展对新闻概念进行不断调整非常重要。本研究分析了在德国的四个媒体(BILD,FAZ,Der Spiegel,Tagesschau)的政治Facebook帖子中软化新闻的这种做法。结果表明,新闻软化的总体水平是中低水平。此外,将它们与网站挑逗者进行比较后发现,在Facebook(主要是BILD和Der Spiegel)上,新闻的软化程度仅略高,并且质量或公共服务媒体与小报媒体之间没有趋同的趋势。因此,不必担心新闻软化。然而,不断分析新闻软化以及根据动态发展对新闻概念进行不断调整非常重要。本研究分析了在德国的四个媒体(BILD,FAZ,Der Spiegel,Tagesschau)的政治Facebook帖子中软化新闻的这种做法。结果表明,新闻软化的总体水平是中低水平。此外,将它们与网站挑逗者进行比较后发现,在Facebook(主要是BILD和Der Spiegel)上,新闻的软化程度仅略高,并且质量或公共服务媒体与小报媒体之间没有趋同的趋势。因此,不必担心新闻软化。然而,不断分析新闻软化以及根据动态发展对新闻概念进行不断调整非常重要。结果表明,新闻软化的总体水平是中低水平。此外,将它们与网站挑逗者进行比较后发现,在Facebook(主要是BILD和Der Spiegel)上,新闻的软化程度仅略高,并且质量或公共服务媒体与小报媒体之间没有趋同的趋势。因此,不必担心新闻软化。然而,不断分析新闻软化以及根据动态发展对新闻概念进行不断调整非常重要。结果表明,新闻软化的总体水平是中低水平。此外,将它们与网站挑逗者进行比较后发现,在Facebook(主要是BILD和Der Spiegel)上,新闻的软化程度仅略高,并且质量或公共服务媒体与小报媒体之间没有趋同的趋势。因此,不必担心新闻软化。然而,不断分析新闻软化以及根据动态发展对新闻概念进行不断调整非常重要。
更新日期:2020-08-24
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