Platforms and Publishers: Our life in their hands? — Emily Bell at the GEN Summit 2018
Channel: Global Editors Network
Date: 2018-05-31

The Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School has been conducting in-depth research into the relationship between technology platforms and journalism over the past two years. We present the findings from our research project which paint a picture situating technology platforms as the reluctant future of publishing. News organisations and big technology companies have an increasingly close but largely dysfunctional relationship, raising issues of control, free speech, transparency, and independence.
More: https://www.gensummit.org/sessions/platforms-publishers-life-hands/