國際傳媒:2021/02/26~2021/03/04

▍國際傳媒:2021/02/26~2021/03/04
???? NEW YORK TIMES 《紐約時報》|20210226
✅ Why Plus Is a Minus When Naming Your Streaming Site
當命名你的串流網站時,為什麼加號(+)*即減號(−)?
An idea that seemed like a real plus when streaming was newer has fallen into cliché.
*編按:資訊狂潮一波波,最初流行用「e」命名(如:e-mail、e-learning),然後是「i」接棒(iGoogle、iPhone、iPod、iPad、⋯⋯),最近喜歡「+」:ESPN+(2018)、Apple TV+(2019)、Disney+(2019)、BET+(2019)、AMC+(2020)還有 Discovery+(2021)。
???? LOCAL NEWS INITIATIVE 美國西北大學《地方新聞倡議計劃》|20210301
✅ Nearly Half of Digital Subscribers Are ‘Zombies,’ Medill Analysis Finds
西北大學梅迪爾新聞學院研究發現:近半數數位訂閱者是訂了不看的「殭屍」*——49% 每個月上不了一次網站
Nearly half of local news outlets’ digital subscribers are “zombie” readers who visit the website less than once a month, according to a data analysis in 45 markets by Northwestern University’s Medill Spiegel Research Center.
*編按:Poynter 報告稱,這種低參與度的訂戶在新聞業內被許多人稱為「殭屍」(Zombie)。
???? NIEMAN REPORTS 哈佛大學尼曼新聞基金會《尼曼報告》|20210303
✅ One Year Into the Pandemic, How Are Health Reporters Doing?
疫情大流行一年後,醫療健康記者近況如何?
Health reporters are holding officials accountable, documenting the virus’s devastating toll, and balancing the pandemic’s impact on their own lives.
???? WIRED 美國《連線》雜誌(並有英、義、日、德版)|20210303
✅ Fake News Gets More Engagement on Facebook—But Only If It’s Right-Wing
假新聞在臉書上獲得更多參與度——但前提是右翼假新聞
Far-right pages that publish misinformation get the most interactions by far compared to other news sources, new research shows.
???? Columbia Journalism Review 美國《哥倫比亞新聞評論》|20210303
✅ Five big findings from the Journalism Crisis Project
新聞危機計劃*的五大重要發現
There are no precise figures tallying the number of media layoffs, but the New York Times offered an “imperfect, but good estimate” that as many as 37,000 media workers may have experienced layoffs, furloughs, or lost pay amid the pandemic.
*編按:該計劃為哥倫比亞陶氏數位新聞中心所發起,以追踪新聞編輯室的削減情況。
???? VOX 美國新聞評論網站《沃克斯》(隸屬於沃克斯傳媒,持自由主義立場)|20210304
✅ The problem for Paramount+ (and every other streamer)? Everyone already has Netflix.
派拉蒙+(還有其他串流網站)的問題是什麼?大家都已經有網飛了
Americans subscribe to an average of 1.5 streaming services.
整理:朱弘川╱編譯:鄭凱榕