“Spotify for News”? User Perception of Subscription-Based Content Platforms for News Media
- Subscription-based news platforms (such as “Apple News+” or “Readly”) that bundle content from different publishers into one comprehensive package and offer it to media users at a fixed monthly rate are a new way of accessing and consuming digital journalism. These services have received little attention in journalism studies, although they differ greatly from traditional media products andSubscription-based news platforms (such as “Apple News+” or “Readly”) that bundle content from different publishers into one comprehensive package and offer it to media users at a fixed monthly rate are a new way of accessing and consuming digital journalism. These services have received little attention in journalism studies, although they differ greatly from traditional media products and distribution channels. This article empirically investigates the perception of journalism platforms based on eight qualitative focus group discussions with 55 German news consumers. Results show that the central characteristics these platforms should fulfill in order to attract users are strikingly similar to the characteristics of media platforms from the music and video industries, in particular regarding price points, contract features, and modes of usage. Against this background, the potential and perspectives of a subscription-based news platform for journalism’s societal role are discussed.…
Dokumentart: | Artikel (Wissenschaftlicher) |
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Verfasserangaben: | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Christopher BuschowORCiDGND, Prof. Dr. Christian-Mathias WellbrockORCiDGND |
DOI (Zitierlink): | https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia4010001Zitierlink |
URN (Zitierlink): | https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20230124-48740Zitierlink |
URL: | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-5172/4/1/1 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch): | Journalism and Media |
Verlag: | MDPI |
Verlagsort: | Basel |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Veröffentlichung (online): | 04.01.2023 |
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 22.12.2022 |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 24.01.2023 |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Bauhaus-Universität Weimar |
Institute und Partnereinrichtugen: | Fakultät Medien / Junior-Professur Organisation und vernetzte Medien |
Jahrgang: | 2022 |
Ausgabe / Heft: | 2023, 4 |
Seitenzahl: | 15 |
Erste Seite: | 1 |
Letzte Seite: | 15 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | audience studies; content platforms; journalism products |
GND-Schlagwort: | Journalistik; Journalismus; Nachrichtensendung; Online-Medien |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 070 Publizistische Medien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen |
BKL-Klassifikation: | 05 Kommunikationswissenschaft / 05.40 Nachrichtenwesen |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | Creative Commons 4.0 - Namensnennung (CC BY 4.0) |