The inter-institutional impact of digital platform companies on democracy: A case study of the UK media’s digital campaigning coverage
The inter-institutional impact of digital platform companies on democracy: A case study of the UK media’s digital campaigning coverage
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数字平台公司对民主的机构间影响：英国媒体数字竞选报道的案例研究
作者：
K. Dommett
b谷歌和Facebook等数字平台对社会的影响正受到越来越多的审查。在引发人们对平台传播错误信息、助长过滤泡沫和助长仇恨言论的能力的担忧之后，人们开始关注平台对民主构成的威胁。与考虑到平台和用户之间的互动所构成的威胁的现有干预措施相反，在本文中，我研究了平台对其他机构民主工作的影响。考虑到平台与媒体之间的关系，我揭示了平台如何影响记者推进其民主目标的能力。通过对2019年英国大选中数字竞选活动的新闻报道进行案例研究，我展示了平台如何阻碍了新闻媒体告知公民和提供监督功能的努力。这些发现对于我们理解平台对民主的影响具有重要意义，并建议政策制定者可能希望规范平台对民主的机构间影响。
Digital platforms, such as Google and Facebook, are under increased scrutiny as regards their impact on society. Having prompted concerns about their capacity to spread misinformation, contribute to filter bubbles and facilitate hate speech, much attention has been paid to the threat platforms pose to democracy. In contrast to existing interventions considering the threats posed by interactions between platforms and users, in this article, I examine platforms’ impact on the democratic work of other bodies. Considering the relationship between platforms and the media, I reveal how platforms affect journalists’ ability to advance their democratic goals. Using a case study of journalistic coverage of digital campaigning at the 2019 UK general election, I show how platforms have hindered journalistic efforts to inform citizens and provide a watchdog function. These findings are significant for our understanding of platforms’ democratic impact and suggest policy makers may wish to regulate platforms’ inter-institutional impact upon democracy.
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4.9
作者：
Dommett K
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Dommett K