The arrangement of the material in the report reflects our progression from the general characteristics of news and journalistic content, through the international thinking on the impact of technology, approaches to quality, and finally plurality. [...] Specifically, we investigate: the social and community impacts attributable to the production, distribution and consumption of news and journalistic content, which include supporting an informed citizenry and effective democracy; the ‘public good’ characteristics of media content and services; and the extent to which digital platforms have amplified or diminished the benefits of news media, and al. [...] The press justifies itself in the name of the public: it exists – or so it is regularly said – to inform the public, to serve as the extended eyes and ears of the public, to protect the public’s right to know, to serve the public (Carey 1987, p. [...] News coverage is strongly influenced by logistics such as resource availability and time constraints as well as subjective factors such as: the combination of social, educational, ideological and cultural values of journalists; the organisational cultures of the news organisations for which they work and their position in the organisational hierarchy; and the target audience for whom the content i. [...] Within the news industry, there remains a deep-set fear that the price of survival in a landscape dominated by non-journalistic platforms, citizen-journalists and journalists seeking the approval of citizens is a lowering of standards and a de-professionalisation of the industry.
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