✎ DEADLINE 美國線上雜誌《Deadline》｜20230112

BBC Director General Tim Davie On Digital Switchover: “We’re Not Putting A Date On It Or Anything Stupid Like That”

BBC總裁Tim Davie針對電視數位轉換表示：「我們並未將數位化或任何愚蠢決定設定時間」

The BBC is “not proactively putting a date on a digital switchover or anything stupid like that,” Director General Tim Davie has said, but rather sparking a “broader conversation across the UK for when we do move across.”

✎ Columbia Journalism Review 美國《哥倫比亞新聞評論》｜20230112

Is Twitter dying? And what would that mean for journalism?

推特將亡？這對新聞業意味著什麼？

FORMER TWITTER EMPLOYEES finally get severance offers after months of waiting, only to find them unsatisfactory. Twitter helps drive political mayhem in Brazil. Elon Musk says that Twitter will soon allow users to post tweets that are four thousand characters in length. It may be a new year, but Musk’s ownership of the platform continues to generate ample controversy.

✎ GAWKER 美國媒體《Gawker》｜20230110

“MAN ON THE STREET” TIKTOKERS ARE A PUBLIC MENACE

「街上的人」抖音使用者是公害

As TikTok has grown from just another social media app into the premier platform for watching one or two quick videos — maybe a few more — okay a couple more swipes wouldn’t hurt — before emerging from a content-drunk stupor with the sudden realization that hours have passed, many of its most ardent and least shameless wannabe-creators have turned to a tried-and-true genre of making something out of nothing: vox populi, otherwise known as “man on the street” interviews.

✎ Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism 牛津大學路透新聞學研究所｜20230110

Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2023

2023 年新聞、媒體和技術趨勢與預測

Big Tech platforms will also be under pressure this year and not just from the economic downturn. First-generation social networks like Facebook and Twitter are struggling to retain audiences as older people get bored and younger users migrate to new networks like TikTok. Amid this turmoil, there is some hope that the next set of applications will put more emphasis on connections and content that are good for society rather than those that deliver outrage and anger. With huge audiences up for grabs, we can expect (or hope) to see the seeds of something better in 2023 with a host of new networks and models emerging.

✎ THE GUARDIAN 英國《衛報》｜20230112

UK could jail social media bosses who breach child safety rules

英國可能會監禁違反兒童安全規則的社群媒體經營者

Downing Street has said it is considering a Tory-backed amendment to the online safety bill that would allow for the imposing of jail sentences on social media bosses who are found not to have protected children’s safety.

整理：朱弘川｜編譯：蔡宏杰