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From the Labour Together Report: "The review conducted for us [...] showed that many alternative media sources have declined in reach since the 2017 election, partly due to changes in Facebook’s newsfeed algorithms" - however, there's more to this...
![Short thread. From the Labour Together Report: "The review conducted for us [...] showed that many alternative media sources have declined in reach since the 2017 election, partly due to changes in Facebook’s newsfeed algorithms" - however, there's more to this...](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ea39Y67XYAArCVA.jpg "Short thread. From the Labour Together Report: \"The review conducted for us [...] showed that many alternative media sources have declined in reach since the 2017 election, partly due to changes in Facebook’s newsfeed algorithms\" - however, there's more to this...")
From the Labour Together Report: "The review conducted for us [...] showed that many alternative media sources have declined in reach since the 2017 election, partly due to changes in Facebook’s newsfeed algorithms" - however, there's more to this...
The report doesn't seem to present this analysis in full; however, our Bournemouth election analysis showed that, measured as retweets/likes/replies, alternative media actually increased their reach between 2017 and 2019:
http://www.electionanalysis.uk/uk-election-analysis-2019/section-7-news-and-journalism/an-uncertain-future-for-alternative-online-media/
We'll be building on this data
http://www.electionanalysis.uk/uk-election-analysis-2019/section-7-news-and-journalism/an-uncertain-future-for-alternative-online-media/
We'll be building on this data
What this also doesn't take into account is the reach alternative media spokespersons have on broadcast - an area we are researching - and something that raised debate among journos at the time:
https://twitter.com/MediaGuido/status/1205805160016105473 https://twitter.com/MediaGuido/status/1205805160016105473/retweets/with_comments
https://twitter.com/MediaGuido/status/1205805160016105473 https://twitter.com/MediaGuido/status/1205805160016105473/retweets/with_comments
This is a key point: "these outlets also tend to operate in silos, focused on internal Labour Party processes and debates taking place within “the Left”",
...and one we will be able to answer substantively through our content analysis of GE2019 alternative media coverage.
...and one we will be able to answer substantively through our content analysis of GE2019 alternative media coverage.
Addendum:
Novara Media had some small impact on this report, with the following used as sources:
https://novaramedia.com/2019/12/17/labours-economic-plans-what-went-wrong/
https://novaramedia.com/2020/01/20/the-battle-of-hustings/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/10/myth-labour-lost-working-class-pollsters
Novara Media had some small impact on this report, with the following used as sources:
https://novaramedia.com/2019/12/17/labours-economic-plans-what-went-wrong/
https://novaramedia.com/2020/01/20/the-battle-of-hustings/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/10/myth-labour-lost-working-class-pollsters
In sum, stay tuned for in-depth findings later this year from our @ESRC project on alternative media, where we will engage with all the questions raised here.
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