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Research draft

mass media

vr.tr.mass-media · PHY.OBJ

Let an agent handle mass media by outlet, ownership, regulation and media literacy, attributing editorial positions and supporting evaluation of sources.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle mass media by outlet, ownership, regulation and media literacy, attributing editorial positions and supporting evaluation of sources.

Technologies and organisations that communicate with large audiences, such as newspapers, radio, television, film, online news sites and social media platforms, including public, commercial and community media.

What it is for: Information, entertainment, public debate and advertising.

It can be identify outlets and their owners; check regulation and press councils; evaluate reliability of sources; find complaint routes.

Distinguishing features

Reaches large audiences

Many formats

Ownership shapes content

Regulated differently by medium

What it looks like

Newspapers, broadcasts, websites, apps and studios.

How it is recognised

Mastheads, channel logos and apps

Public and commercial broadcasters

Personal messaging is not mass media

Related models

is a kind of - category

communications media

includes - kind

newspaper

is regulated by - authority

media regulator

is funded by - revenue

advertising

In practice

Families and kinds

print media

broadcast media

online news media

social media platforms

public service and community media

Standards and regulation

EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive

European Media Freedom Act

Press codes of practice

Failure modes and hazards

Misinformation

Undisclosed ownership or funding

Partisan framing

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Outlet Which media.

Details identify.

Identity

Outlet.

Identity

Outlet identity.

  1. Which media outlet is meant, and what type is it? definition
  2. Who owns it? provenance

Funding

Business model.

Funding

Funding.

  1. How is it funded, such as licence fees, ads or subscriptions? provenance
  2. Is state funding disclosed? provenance
Literacy Evaluating sources.

Readers need tools.

Reliability

Checking claims.

Reliability

Source reliability.

  1. How can this claim be checked against other reliable sources? action
  2. Is it news, opinion or sponsored? boundary

Misinformation

Fact-checking.

Misinformation

Misinformation.

  1. Has an independent fact-checker assessed this claim? provenance
  2. How can false content be reported? action
Regulation Oversight.

Rules vary by medium.

Regulator

Authority.

Regulator

Media regulator.

  1. Which regulator or press council oversees this outlet? provenance
  2. How can a complaint be made? action

Freedom

Press freedom.

Freedom

Press freedom.

  1. What do press freedom assessments say about this country? provenance
  2. Which organisation publishes them? provenance
Neutrality Attribution.

Positions must be attributed.

Stance

Editorial line.

Stance

Editorial stance.

  1. How do media researchers describe its editorial stance? provenance
  2. Is it attributed rather than asserted? boundary

Access

Accessibility.

Access

Accessibility.

  1. Does the outlet provide captions, audio description or accessible formats? provenance
  2. Which rules require it? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should media types be separate entries?
  • How should ownership data be linked?
  • How should press freedom indices be cited?
Draft as JSON