Characterizing the localness of news domains through consumption patterns on social media

• In Event: All About Local Media

Brief Overview

We introduce a data-driven metric of localness for news domains based on consumption patterns on social media. The metric correlates highly with existing classifications and provides nuanced characterizations of the localization patterns.

Authors

• Alexi Quintana, Northeastern University

• Kai-Cheng Yang, Northeastern University

• Pranav Goel, Northeastern University

• Burak Ozturan, Northeastern University

• David Lazer, Northeastern University