Profit Motive Considerations

From Digital Culture & Society

Group Context Statement

We will discuss the effects of virality versus value in journalism and news, by evaluating the use of artificial intelligence, platform algorithms, clickbait, and the potential profit motive considerations in news organizations and their effects on news quality.

Context Statement

My topic is the financial incentives in journalism and news, and how the profit motive affects quality of news and clickbait headlines.

Articles

Escaping the news desert: Nonprofit news and open-system journalism organizations

Filling the Void

Journalism as a Public Good: How the Nonprofit News Model Can Save Us from Ourselves