July, 13 2016

1. Audience Brokers and News
Discoverers:
The Role of New Media in the Digital
News Domain
Sílvia Majó-Vázquez
Internet Interdisciplinary
Institute (UOC)
majosilvia@uoc.edu
@silviamajo
Ana S. Cardenal, PhD
Internet Interdisciplinary
Institute (UOC)
acardenal@uoc.edu
@ana_cardenal
Pol Colomer, PhD
Physics UB & Dribia
pcolomer@ffn.ub.edu
@polcolomer
Oleguer Sagarra
Physics UB & Dribia
oleguer.sagarra@gmail.com
@usagarra

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3. Justification of the
Interest

4. The reconfiguration of the traditional news media’s power in
the digital age has recently attracted considerable interest.
Legacy organizations are struggling to deal with the endless
technological upheaval and to secure their positions as
leading information providers in the online domain.
(Althaus & Tewksbury, 2000; Cagé, 2016; Castells, 2009;
Chadwick, 2013; Downie & Schudson, 2009; Fenton, 2010;
McChesney & Pickard, 2011)

10. Research Questions

11. RQ1: To what extent are new digital outlets, by being
recognized as a prominent sources of information
by other news providers, central actors in the flow of
news content?
RQ1.1: To what extent new digital outlets control
brokerage relations in the audience network
and can hence be identified as potential power
holders in the news domain?
RQ1.2: Is media brokerage power held equally
across ages in the news domain?

12. Thank you!
Questions and comments will be
appreciated