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• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of figures
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Introduction: News audiences, and the myths of the social media era
• Models of democracy
• Plurality and diversity
• Plan of the book
• Notes
• References
• 2. Personalisation is democratisation: Myth: news personalisation will improve plurality, diversity and ultimately democracy
• Regulation, disengagement and democracy
• News polarisation/political polarisation
• Who is editing your feed?
• The impact of social media on news
• The power of groups
• The influentials
• The consequences of a “choice”-based news system
• Note
• References
• 3. We are all journalists now: Myth: the role of the journalist is merging with the role of the audience
• Does technology turn citizens into journalists?
• Counting the active audience
• What do active audiences produce?
• The prosumer
• Citizen news
• Partnership – Open journalism
• Witnessing
• The authoritative source
• Activist media
• Supporting journalism
• Notes
• References
• 4. The wisdom of crowds? How algorithms rule online: Myth: the many are smarter than the few
• How the Internet grew up
• Network effects – how they work
• How programmatic advertising feeds the trolls
• Going viral
• Influencing the influentials
• Feedback effects
• Crowds and the journalism field
• Notes
• References
• 5. Globalisation: Myth: the Internet has produced the “global village” envisioned by McLuhan
• Homogenisation towards Westernisation?
• Global counter-narratives
• National media flows and global elites
• Glocalising the news
• Diasporic communities and global news
• Political and social movements
• The Internet and social media has not created a global village
• Notes
• References
• 6. Communities online are replacing communities offline: Myth: real social solidarity online has displaced the imagined solidarity of the mass news media
• News integration and belonging
• News, ritual and sociability
• News exposure and cultural capital
• News exposure and public disconnection
• Informed citizens and civic engagement
• Social media, mainstream media and elections
• Future pathways to news and civic engagement
• News media and solidarity
• Note
• References
• 7. The end of trust in mainstream media: Myth: the Internet and social media have replaced edited news
• Trust, facts and “truthiness”
• How trust varies across countries and time
• Distrust in mainstream media, the hostile media effect and alternative news sources
• Mainstream media and trustworthiness
• Notes
• References
• 8. The net generation will revolutionise the way we relate to news: Myth: there is a digital generation with an innate understanding of digital communication
• Age and generation in news media research
• News exposure is not stable over the life cycle
• Just not that into news
• News exposure and political socialisation
• Young people are not a homogenous group
• A dangerous rhetoric
• Notes
• References
• 9. Conclusion
• The impact of personalisation
• News audiences and political action
• Who do we trust?
• The need for a mediated centre
• References
• Index