Assessing the Impact of Digital Alternative News Media in a Hybrid News Environment: Cases from Taiwan and Hong Kong
As consumption of mainstream news media declines and alternative news media proliferates, in this paper, we seek to assess the impact of digital alternative news media (DANM) in relation to mainstream news media (MNM). We examine the range of DANM, especially public Facebook pages, related to two la...
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| description | As consumption of mainstream news media declines and alternative news media proliferates, in this paper, we seek to assess the impact of digital alternative news media (DANM) in relation to mainstream news media (MNM). We examine the range of DANM, especially public Facebook pages, related to two large-scale social movements neighbouring mainland China as case studies of social movement media exerting maximalist effects. The assessment relies on academic sources, archival materials, descriptive social media metrics, and an original analysis of external content shared on public Facebook pages and groups using data collected from the Facebook Graph API. A six-dimensional scheme is proposed to guide the assessment. Sorting through and piecing together multiple sources, we arrive at a multi-faceted description, comparison, and analysis of the impact of DANM during two social movements. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24a16e7adc34438b8a9e40a45906d5962023-11-23T17:11:36ZengMDPI AGJournalism and Media2673-51722022-09-013356859310.3390/journalmedia3030039Assessing the Impact of Digital Alternative News Media in a Hybrid News Environment: Cases from Taiwan and Hong KongJoyce Y. M. Nip0Yu-Chung Cheng1Chinese Media Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sydney University, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaCollege of Communication, National Chengchi University, Taipei City 116302, TaiwanAs consumption of mainstream news media declines and alternative news media proliferates, in this paper, we seek to assess the impact of digital alternative news media (DANM) in relation to mainstream news media (MNM). We examine the range of DANM, especially public Facebook pages, related to two large-scale social movements neighbouring mainland China as case studies of social movement media exerting maximalist effects. The assessment relies on academic sources, archival materials, descriptive social media metrics, and an original analysis of external content shared on public Facebook pages and groups using data collected from the Facebook Graph API. A six-dimensional scheme is proposed to guide the assessment. Sorting through and piecing together multiple sources, we arrive at a multi-faceted description, comparison, and analysis of the impact of DANM during two social movements.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-5172/3/3/39alternative mediaalternative news mediadigital alternative mediadigital alternative news mediaFacebooksocial movement media |
| spellingShingle | Joyce Y. M. Nip Yu-Chung Cheng Assessing the Impact of Digital Alternative News Media in a Hybrid News Environment: Cases from Taiwan and Hong Kong Journalism and Media alternative media alternative news media digital alternative media digital alternative news media social movement media |
| title | Assessing the Impact of Digital Alternative News Media in a Hybrid News Environment: Cases from Taiwan and Hong Kong |
| title_full | Assessing the Impact of Digital Alternative News Media in a Hybrid News Environment: Cases from Taiwan and Hong Kong |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the Impact of Digital Alternative News Media in a Hybrid News Environment: Cases from Taiwan and Hong Kong |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the Impact of Digital Alternative News Media in a Hybrid News Environment: Cases from Taiwan and Hong Kong |
| title_short | Assessing the Impact of Digital Alternative News Media in a Hybrid News Environment: Cases from Taiwan and Hong Kong |
| title_sort | assessing the impact of digital alternative news media in a hybrid news environment cases from taiwan and hong kong |
| topic | alternative media alternative news media digital alternative media digital alternative news media social movement media |
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