Quantifying the ecological diversity and health of online news

dc.contributor.authorElejalde, Erick
dc.contributor.authorFerres, Leo
dc.contributor.authorHerder, Eelco
dc.contributor.authorBollen, Johan
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-18T23:44:10Z
dc.date.available2019-07-18T23:44:10Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractEven in developed countries with an active free press, news coverage can be dominated by only a few players. This can lead to a reduction of topical and community diversity. Ownership structures might further limit coverage by implicitly or explicitly biasing editorial policies. In this paper, we apply ecological diversity measures to quantify the health of the Chilean online news ecology using extensive ownership and social media data. Results indicate that high levels concentration characterizes the Chilean media landscape in terms of ownership and topical coverage. Our methods reveal which groups of outlets and ownership exert the greatest influence on news coverage and can be generalized to any nation's news system.
dc.format.extent37 p.
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Computational Science, may 2018, 37 p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11447/2540
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectNews ecosystem
dc.subjectDiversity indices
dc.subjectMedia ownership
dc.subjectTopic selection
dc.titleQuantifying the ecological diversity and health of online news
dc.typeArticle

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