Philip M. Napoli

Duke University

Professor

Durham, NC 27708-0204

United States

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1.

The Algorithm as Institution: Toward a Theoretical Framework for Automated Media Production and Consumption

Fordham University Schools of Business Research Paper
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 May 2013
Philip M. Napoli
Duke University
Downloads 1,239 (36,445)
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Institutional Theory, Algorithms, New Media, Media Institutions

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Social Media and the Public Interest: Governance of News Platforms in the Realm of Individual and Algorithmic Gatekeepers

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 Aug 2014
Philip M. Napoli
Duke University
Downloads 1,142 (41,155)
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social media, media governance, public interest, journalism, news

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Mobile Leapfrogging and Digital Divide Policy: Assessing the Limitations of Mobile Internet Access

Fordham University Schools of Business Research Paper No. 2263800
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 12 May 2013 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2013
Philip M. Napoli and Jonathan A. Obar
Duke University and York University
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Telecommunication Policy, Mobile, Technology Leapfrogging, Digital Divide, Information Studies

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When Media Companies Insist They're Not Media Companies and Why It Matters for Communications Policy

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2016
Philip M. Napoli, Robyn Caplan and Robyn Caplan
Duke University and Data & Society Research InstituteRutgers University, New Brunswick/Piscataway, School of Communication and Information, Students
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media policy, journalism, democracy, content aggregators, news

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User Data as Public Resource: Implications for Social Media Regulation

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 15 Jun 2019
Philip M. Napoli
Duke University
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Social Media, Big Data, Privacy, Media Regulation, Platform Regulation

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What Social Media Platforms Can Learn from Audience Measurement: Lessons in the Self-Regulation of 'Black Boxes'

TPRC 46: The 46th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy 2018
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2018
Philip M. Napoli
Duke University
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Social media, algorithms, self-regulation, audience measurement

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The Institutionally Effective Audience in Flux: Social Media and the Reassessment of the Audience Commodity

Fordham University Schools of Business Research Paper
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 May 2013
Philip M. Napoli
Duke University
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Social Media, Media Audiences, Media Institutions

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Social Media Platforms as Public Trustees: An Approach to the Disinformation Problem

TPRC48: The 48th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Dec 2020
Philip M. Napoli and Fabienne Graf
Duke University and University of Lucerne
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Social Media, Media Regulation, Public Trustee, Disinformation, Internet, Media Policy, First Amendment

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Back from the Dead (Again): The Specter of the Fairness Doctrine and its Lessons for Social Media Regulation

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Philip M. Napoli
Duke University
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Social Media, Fairness Doctrine, Bias, Media Regulation, Media Policy

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Social TV Engagement Metrics: An Exploratory Comparative Analysis of Competing (Aspiring) Market Information Regimes

Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication Washington, DC August, 2013, Fordham University Schools of Business Research Paper No. 2307484
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 08 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2013
Philip M. Napoli
Duke University
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social TV analytics, market information regimes, audiences, metrics

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Translating Diversity to Internet Governance: The Migration of a Policy Principle from Traditional to New Media

Fordham University Schools of Business Research Paper No. 2261240
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 May 2013 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2013
Philip M. Napoli and Kari Karppinen
Duke University and University of Helsinki
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Internet governance, diversity

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Agnotology, Free Speech, and the Precarious Politics of Media Research

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Feb 2024
Philip M. Napoli
Duke University
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Disinformation, Hate Speech, Agnotology, Media Research, Congress, Social Media, Digital Platforms

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Assessing the Health of Local Journalism Ecosystems: Toward a Set of Reliable, Scalable Metrics

TPRC 43: The 43rd Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy Paper
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2015
Sarah Stonbely, Philip M. Napoli, Kathleen McCollough and Bryce Renninger
New York University (NYU), Duke University, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway
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Metrics, Local journalism, journalism ecosystem, critical information needs

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The Mobile Conversion, Internet Regression, and the 'Re-Passification' of the Media Audience

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 24 Oct 2014
Philip M. Napoli and Jonathan A. Obar
Duke University and York University
Downloads 123 (493,089)
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Mobile, mobile internet, mobile leapfrogging, audience, audience evolution

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Access to Audiences as a First Amendment Right: Its Relevance and Implications for Electronic Media Policy

TPRC 2005
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 31 Jul 2012
Philip M. Napoli and Sheea Sybblis
Duke University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Revisiting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act: Using Legislative History to Understand and Evaluate the Evolution of Social Networks

Posted: 09 Mar 2018
Robyn Caplan, Robyn Caplan and Philip M. Napoli
Data & Society Research InstituteRutgers University, New Brunswick/Piscataway, School of Communication and Information, Students and Duke University

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platform governance, section 230, communications policy, communications history