Neil Thurman

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

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Oettingenstr. 67

Munich, 80538

Germany

City University London

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London, EC1V 0HB

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1.

Paid Content Strategies for News Websites: An Empirical Study of British Newspapers' Online Business Models

Journalism Practice, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 208-226, 2007
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 23 Mar 2008
Neil Thurman and Jack Herbert
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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business models, cannibalisation, content charging, newspapers, online journalism, subscription

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Forums for Citizen Journalists? Adoption of User Generated Content Initiatives by Online News Media

New Media & Society, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 139-157, 2008
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 23 Mar 2008
Neil Thurman
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Downloads 428 (148,093)
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blogs, British news websites, citizen journalism, grassroots journalism, online journalism, participatory journalism, user generated content

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Computational Journalism

Forthcoming, Thurman, N. (2019) "Computational Journalism" in Karin Wahl-Jorgensen and Thomas Hanitzsch (Eds.) The Handbook of Journalism Studies, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 06 Nov 2018
Neil Thurman
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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algorithmic journalism, algorithmic news, automated journalism, chatbots, computational journalism, computer-assisted reporting, data journalism, data mining, personalization, recommender systems, sensor journalism, social media surveillance

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The Future of Breaking News Online? A Study of Live Blogs Through Surveys of Their Consumption, and of Readers' Attitudes and Participation

Journalism Studies, 2014, DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2014.882080
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 23 Feb 2014
Neil Thurman and Nic Newman
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and University of Oxford - Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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accuracy, balance, content preferences, live blogs, reader contributions

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A Clash of Cultures: The Integration of User-Generated Content within Professional Journalistic Frameworks at British Newspaper Websites

Journalism Practice, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 343-356, 2008
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 04 Sep 2008
Alfred Hermida and Neil Thurman
University of British Columbia - School of Journalism and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Downloads 325 (201,075)
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blogs, British newspaper websites, citizen journalism, online journalism, participatory journalism, user-generated content

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On Digital Distribution's Failure to Solve Newspapers' Existential Crisis: Symptoms, Causes, Consequences and Remedies

Forthcoming in Scott A. Eldridge II and Bob Franklin (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Developments in Digital Journalism Studies. London: Routledge
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 27 Jul 2017
Neil Thurman, Robert Picard, Merja Myllylahti and Arne Krumsvik
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Oxford - Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Independent and Kristiania University College
Downloads 271 (243,742)
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Journalism, Gatekeeping, and Interactivity

Thurman, N. (2015). Journalism, Gatekeeping, and Interactivity. In: S. Coleman & D. Freelon (Eds.), A Handbook of Digital Politics. (pp. 357-374). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781782548751
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 Jul 2015
Neil Thurman
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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gatekeeping, journalism, interactivity

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Newspaper Consumption in the Digital Age: Measuring Multi-Channel Audience Attention and Brand Popularity

Thurman, Neil. (2014) "Newspaper Consumption in the Digital Age: Measuring Multi-Channel Audience Attention and Brand Popularity." Digital Journalism 2(2)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 Aug 2013
Neil Thurman
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Downloads 255 (259,150)
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Audience measurement, Audit Bureau of Circulations, National Readership Survey, newspaper circulation, newspaper popularity, newspaper websites, Nielsen, online journalism

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Convergence Calls: Multimedia Storytelling at British News Websites

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 439-455, 2008
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 08 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2008
Neil Thurman and Ben Lupton
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and University of Exeter Business School - Department of Management
Downloads 246 (268,668)
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British news websites, convergence, multimedia, news video, online journalism, podcasting

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Live Blogs, Sources, and Objectivity: The Contradictions of Real-Time Online Reporting

In Franklin, Bob & Eldrige II, Scott (Eds.) The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. Routledge, London; New York, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 04 Nov 2016
Neil Thurman and Aljosha Karim Schapals
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Queensland University of Technology - Faculty of Creative Industries
Downloads 239 (276,355)

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live blogs, sourcing practices, online journalism, new forms, content analysis

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Audience Evaluations of News Videos Made with Various Levels of Automation: A Population-Based Survey Experiment

Thurman, N., Stares, S., & Koliska, M. (2024). Audience evaluations of news videos made with various levels of automation: A population-based survey experiment. Journalism, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241243189
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 11 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 08 May 2024
Neil Thurman, Sally Stares and Michael Koliska
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, City, University of London and Georgetown University
Downloads 234 (282,186)
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AI, audience, automated journalism, news videos, perception, reception study, survey experiment, video automation

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The Future of Personalization at News Websites: Lessons from a Longitudinal Study

Journalism Studies, 2012
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 29 Mar 2012
Neil Thurman and Steve Schifferes
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and City University London
Downloads 217 (303,495)
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customization, individuation, interactivity, online journalism, online news, personalization

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Taking the Paper out of News: A Case Study of Taloussanomat, Europe’s First Online-Only Newspaper

Journalism Studies, 2009
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 16 Apr 2009
Neil Thurman and Merja Myllylahti
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Independent
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online-only newspapers, journalism, convergence, business models, advertising

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My Friends, Editors, Algorithms, and I: Examining Audience Attitudes to News Selection

Digital Journalism, doi: 10.1080/21670811.2018.1493936
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 Nov 2018
Neil Thurman, Judith Moeller, Natali Helberger and Damian Trilling
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law (IViR) and University of Amsterdam
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algorithms, collaborative filtering, gatekeeping, journalistic curation, news selection, personalization, recommender systems, user tracking

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When Reporters Get Hands-On with Robo-Writing: Professionals Consider Automated Journalism's Capabilities and Consequences

Digital Journalism. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2017.1289819 (2017)
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 21 Jun 2017
Neil Thurman, Konstantin Dörr and Jessica Kunert
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Independent and Independent
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algorithmic journalism, automated journalism, computational journalism, journalism ethics, media economics, news production, professional skills, robot journalism

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The Globalization of Journalism Online: A Transatlantic Study of News Websites and Their International Readers

Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 285-307, 2007
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Mar 2008
Neil Thurman
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Downloads 187 (348,807)

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online journalism, international readers, globalisation, British news websites, user metrics

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Exploring audience perceptions of, and preferences for, online news videos

Koliska, M., Thurman, N., Stares, S., & Kunert, J. (2021) "Exploring audience perceptions of, and preferences for, online news videos. Journalism Studies". https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1461670X.2021.1927154
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 May 2021
Michael Koliska, Neil Thurman, Sally Stares and Jessica Kunert
Georgetown University, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, City, University of London and Independent
Downloads 169 (381,778)
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criteria for perception of audio-visual news, group interviews, news credibility, news perception, news quality, online news video

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The Regulation of Internet Pornography: What a Survey of Under-18s Tells Us About the Necessity for and Potential Efficacy of Emerging Legislative Approaches

Thurman, N. & Obster, F. (2021) "The regulation of internet pornography: What a survey of under-18s tells us about the necessity for and potential efficacy of emerging legislative approaches". Policy & Internet.
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 19 May 2021
Neil Thurman and Fabian Obster
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and University of the German Federal Armed Forces - Universität der Bundeswehr München
Downloads 166 (387,750)
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Adolescents, Age Verification, Digital Economy Act 2017, Internet Regulation, Online Harms White Paper, Online Pornography, VPNs, Young People

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Newspaper Consumption in the Mobile Age: Reassessing Multi-Platform Performance and Market Share Using ‘Time-Spent’

Thurman, Neil (2017) Newspaper Consumption in the Mobile Age: Reassessing Multi-Platform Performance and Market Share Using ‘Time-Spent’, Journalism Studies, DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2017.1279028
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 01 Feb 2017
Neil Thurman
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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attention, audience measurement, comScore, engagement, mobile audience, newspaper readership, ratings analysis, time spent

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Social Media, Surveillance and News Work: On the Apps Promising Journalists a 'Crystal Ball'

Thurman, N. (2017) Social Media, Surveillance, and News Work: On the Apps Promising Journalists a "Crystal Ball." Digital Journalism. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2017.1345318.
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 Jun 2017
Neil Thurman
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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algorithms, artificial intelligence, computational journalism, geolocation, social media monitoring, surveillance, third-party apps, verification

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Predicting Streaming Audiences for a Channel’s On-Demand TV Shows: Discerning the Influences of Choice Architecture, Consumer Agency, and Content Attributes

Thurman, N., Klatt, A., Raj, H., & Taneja, H. (2023) "Predicting streaming audiences for a channel’s on-demand TV shows: Discerning the influences of choice architecture, consumer agency, and content attributes." Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies.
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 04 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2023
Neil Thurman, Antonia Klatt, Hritik Raj and Harsh Taneja
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Independent, Independent and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Downloads 107 (550,361)
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BBC Three, broadcaster video-on-demand (BVOD), choice architectures, iPlayer, nudges, online television, over-the-top (OTT), television distribution

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Real-Time Online Reporting: Best Practices for Live Blogging

"Real-Time Online Reporting: Best Practices for Live Blogging" in Ethics for Digital Journalists: Emerging Best Practices. Ed. Lawrie Zion and David Craig. New York: Routledge. pp.103-114, 2014
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 17 Jul 2015
Neil Thurman
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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Subscribe Now: On the Effectiveness of Advertising Messages in Promoting Newspapers’ Online Subscriptions

International Journal of Communication 17(2023), 3782–3798
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 20 Jun 2023
Bartosz Wilczek, Ina Schulte-Uentrop and Neil Thurman
LMU - Ludwig Maximilians Universität Munich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Downloads 94 (601,815)

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advertising, newspapers, online experiment, online journalism, online subscriptions, paywalls

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Live Blogging – Digital Journalism's Pivotal Platform? A Case Study of the Production, Consumption, and Form of Live Blogs at Guardian.co.uk

Digital Journalism 1(1) 2013, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2014
Neil Thurman and Anna Walters
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and City University London
Downloads 92 (609,988)
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content preferences, live blogs, news-at-work, objectivity, online journalism, reader participation, sourcing practices, verification

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Making 'The Daily Me': Technology, Economics and Habit in the Mainstream Assimilation of Personalized News

Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism, Vol. 12, No. 4, May 2011
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2014
Neil Thurman
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Downloads 84 (645,006)
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customization, gate-keeping, individuation, online news, online journalism, personalization

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Social Media Monitoring Apps in News Work: A Mixed-Methods Study of Professional Practices and Journalists’ and Citizens’ Opinions

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Mar 2023
Neil Thurman and Thiemo Hensmann
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
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computational journalism, news sourcing, newsworthiness, privacy, social media in news work, social media monitoring, surveillance, verification

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Are Newspapers Heading Towards Post-Print Obscurity? A Case Study of the Independent’s Transition to Online-Only

Digital Journalism, doi: 10.1080/21670811.2018.1504625
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Oct 2018
Neil Thurman and Richard Fletcher
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and University of Oxford - Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Downloads 67 (732,596)
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attention, audience measurement, engagement, newspapers, online-only, reach, readership, time spent reading

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Forbidden fruit or soured grapes? Long-term effects of the temporary unavailability and rationing of US news websites on their consumption from the European Union

Thurman, N., Sly, J., Wilczek, B., & Fletcher, R. (2022). Forbidden fruit or soured grapes? Long-term effects of the temporary unavailability and rationing of US news websites on their consumption from the European Union. International Communication Gazette. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048522111131
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 22 Jul 2022
Neil Thurman, James Sly, Bartosz Wilczek and Richard Fletcher
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, affiliation not provided to SSRN, LMU - Ludwig Maximilians Universität Munich and University of Oxford - Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR, lock-in, product availability, rationing, restricted availability, status quo bias, switching costs, transnational news audiences, unavailability, website consumption

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Lessons from France on the Regulation of Internet Pornography: How Displacement Effects, Circumvention, and Legislative Scope May Limit the Efficacy of Article 23

Thurman, N., Nalmpatian, A., & Obster, F. (2022). Lessons from France on the regulation of Internet pornography: How displacement effects, circumvention, and legislative scope may limit the efficacy of Article 23. Policy & Internet, 1– 21. https://doi.org/10.1002/poi3.293
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 08 Apr 2022
Neil Thurman, Asmik Nalmpatian and Fabian Obster
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and University of the German Federal Armed Forces - Universität der Bundeswehr München
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adolescents, age verification, Article 23, Digital Economy Act (Part 3), Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrag (JMStV), online pornography, Online Safety Bill, VPNs

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Exploring Audience Perceptions of, and Preferences for, Data-Driven ‘Quantitative’ Journalism

Stalph, F., Thurman, N., & Thäsler-Kordonouri, S. (2023). Exploring audience perceptions of, and preferences for, data-driven ‘quantitative’ journalism. Journalism, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849231179606
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Jun 2023
Florian Stalph, Neil Thurman and Sina Thaesler-Kordonouri
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
Downloads 46 (881,218)

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News perception criteria, group interviews, news perception, news credibility, news quality, data journalism, quantitative journalism, artificial intelligence, automated journalism, audience studies

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When a TV Channel Reinvents Itself Online: Post-broadcast Consumption and Content Change at BBC Three

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, DOI/10.1177/1354856520967773, 2020
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 14 Dec 2020
Neil Thurman
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Downloads 43 (907,577)
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BBC Three, broadcaster video-on-demand (BVOD), iPlayer, media platform cessation, online-only, online television, over-the-top (OTT), television distribution

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Converting Online News Visitors to Subscribers: Exploring the Effectiveness of Paywall Strategies Using Behavioural Data

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 Feb 2025
Zhengyi Xu, Neil Thurman, Julia Berhami, Clara Strasser Ceballos and Ole Fehling
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Consumer behaviour, digital subscription, paid content, paywall design, paywall strategies, reader revenue, trace data, newspapers

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UK journalists in the 2020s: Who they are, how they work, and what they think

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 07 May 2025
Neil Thurman, Imke Henkel, Sina Thaesler-Kordonouri and Richard Fletcher
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Leeds, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and University of Oxford - Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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UK journalists, Demographics, Employment conditions, Technology use, Editorial autonomy, Ethical beliefs, Role perceptions

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Can Big Media Do 'Big Society'?: A Critical Case Study of Commercial, Convergent Hyperlocal News

Posted: 11 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2011
Neil Thurman, Jean-Christophe Pascal and Paul Bradshaw
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, City University London and Birmingham City University

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big society, convergence, hyperlocal media, localisation, regional media, user-generated content