Algorithms and the News: Social Media Platforms as News Publishers and Distributors

Rodrigo Cetina Presuel; José Manuel Martínez Sierra

doi:10.26441/RC18.2-2019-A13

Autores/as

Rodrigo Cetina Presuel Harvard University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1061-0166 (no autenticado)
José Manuel Martínez Sierra Harvard University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26441/RC18.2-2019-A13

Palabras clave:

redes sociales, algoritmos, distribución de noticias, edición de noticias, responsabilidades y deberes, ; derecho a la información

Resumen

Con miles de millones de usuarios, las redes sociales (ej. Facebook) son actores dominantes en un mercado de noticias online altamente concentrado. Ostentan gran poder sobre la información que distribuyen al usuario y sobre las organizaciones e individuos que la producen. Además, utilizan algoritmos para realizar funciones propias de los medios: deciden sobre la importancia de las noticias y como deben distribuirse. Sin embargo, no entienden adecuadamente su papel como informadores de la misma manera que lo hacen los medios tradicionales ni parecen querer reconocer que cumplen funciones propias de los editores de noticias, así como las responsabilidades propias de dicho papel. Este trabajo argumenta que es esencial que las redes sociales entiendan y acepten su rol como distribuidores y editores de noticias y resalta las responsabilidades esenciales que deben de asumir para satisfacer las necesidades informativas de sus audiencias y proteger el derecho a la información del público.

Biografía del autor/a

Rodrigo Cetina Presuel, Harvard University

Doctor por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Investigador en la Harvard Law School, Director Ejecutivo del Real Colegio Complutense en Harvard y Co-Chair de la Sección de Derecho de la International Association for Media and Communication Research.
José Manuel Martínez Sierra, Harvard University

Jean Monnet ad Personam Chair in European Union Law and Government y Faculty Director del Real Colegio Complutense en Harvard. Es Co-Chair del European Union Law and Governmente Study Group en el Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard y Profesor responsible de la Harvard European Law Association en la Harvard Law School. https://scholar.harvard.edu/martinezsierra

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