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& #39;s more to this...

The report doesn& #39;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& #39;ll">https://www.electionanalysis.uk/uk-electi... be building on this data

What this also doesn& #39;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/MediaGuid... https://twitter.com/MediaGuido/status/1205805160016105473/retweets/with_comments">https://twitter.com/MediaGuid...

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.

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/2019/12/1... href=" https://novaramedia.com/2020/01/20/the-battle-of-hustings/">https://novaramedia.com/2020/01/2... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/10/myth-labour-lost-working-class-pollsters">https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...

It’s a myth that Labour has lost the working class | Ash Sarkar

The way pollsters measure class ignores the the economic reality for young people, says academic and activist Ash Sarkar

https://novaramedia.com/2019/12/17/labours-economic-plans-what-went-wrong/

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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