Abstract
This study aims at offering an overarching theoretical frame for analyzing different forms of direct and indirect influence of Big Tech on news media. It does so by expanding the concept of media capture to media environment capture. The latter provides an analytical tool that helps categorize various patterns of Big Tech’s influence on news media (as institutions) leading to the capture of information environments that journalism (as a practice) needs to work (well). The concept makes clear that tech giants do not simply capture “the news” or news media by means of acquiring media outlets and/or by producing and distributing the news. Instead, media environment capture stresses that Big Tech influences entire information environments, consequently shaping our lifeworld while privatizing the public sphere.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 804-824 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | International Journal of Communication |
| Volume | 19 |
| Publication status | Published - 2025 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2025 (Sebastian Sevignani, Hendrik Theine, and Mandy Tröger). Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd). Available at http://ijoc.org.
Keywords
- Big Tech
- information infrastructures
- journalism
- media capture
- news media
- public sphere
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