✎ Pew Research Center 美國皮尤研究中心｜20231024

Americans are following the news less closely than they used to

美國人已不如過去那般密切關注新聞

Americans are following the news less closely than they were a few years ago, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis. This comes amid changes in news consumption habits, declining trust in the media and high levels of news fatigue.

✎ REUTERS 路透社｜20231025

Meta’s Instagram linked to depression, anxiety, insomnia in kids – US states’ lawsuit

美國加州等 33 州提訴訟　指控Meta旗下社交平台Instagram致使兒童憂鬱、焦慮與失眠

Dozens of U.S. states are suing Meta Platforms and its Instagram unit, accusing them of fueling a youth mental health crisis by making their social media platforms addictive.

✎ NATIONAL POST 加拿大《國民郵報》｜20231024

Broadcasters ask government to make Apple pay news outlets under Online News Act

加拿大廣電業者要求政府依《線上新聞法案》規定　讓蘋果公司對新聞媒體付費

The association said only Google and Meta are covered by the Online News Act, ‘even though there are other platforms that benefit from the distribution of news content’

✎ AP 美聯社｜20231020

Journalists in Gaza wrestle with issues of survival in addition to getting stories out

在加薩的記者除了報導新聞之外，還面臨生存的問題

A limited number of journalists in Gaza are trying to report on the war with Israel while facing the same problems as the besieged Palestinian population there — wondering where to live, where to get food and water, and how to stay safe.

✎ The Journalist’s Resource 哈佛大學肖倫斯坦中心《記者資源》｜20231023

‘Horse race’ reporting of elections can harm voters, candidates, news outlets: What the research says

研究顯示：「賽馬式」選舉新聞報導恐造成選民、候選人及新聞媒體三方傷害

When journalists covering elections focus primarily on who’s winning or losing instead of policy issues –what’s known as horse race coverage — voters, candidates and the news industry itself suffer, a growing body of research suggests.

✎ REST OF WORLD 科技媒體《Rest of world》｜20230807

China’s biggest gay dating app wants to beat Grindr

中國最大同志社交平台欲擊敗Grindr

China’s largest gay dating app, Blued, is expanding in Southeast Asia and the U.S., amid challenges at home due to increased state control of LGBTQIA content and growing competition from trendier mainstream platforms.

✎ Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism 牛津路透新聞學研究所｜20231016

Here’s what our research says about news audiences on Twitter, the platform now known as X

RISJ調查顯示社群平台推特（現為X）上新聞受眾的評價

According to our data and despite undergoing many changes, the use of Twitter for news has remained remarkably stable in the last decade

整理：朱弘川｜編譯：蔡宏杰