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A Networked Perspective on the Evolution of News Media
Wednesday, August 6AEJMC 2014
Matthew S. Weber
Tracing the Emergence of Organizational Forms
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Environment: Organizations compete for scare resources; during rapid periods of
disruption, new entrants seek “protected” niches (Weber & Monge 2014)
Population: In digital spaces, online connections provide communicative representations of
information flows (Weber & Monge, 2012)
Formation of ties (e.g. hyperlinks) can positively impact long-term likelihood of organization survival (Weber, 2012)
Organization: Organizations adapt internally, reconfiguring team structures and
developing new routines for knowledge sharing (Ellison, Gibbs & Weber, 2015; Weber & Kim, Under Review)
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evolution happens.
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why hyperlinks?
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Partnerships & interorganizational linkages facilitate transformation and survival (Baum and Oliver, 1991)
Partnerships provide economic and reputational benefits (Ruef & Scott, 1991)
Hyperlinks: a digital form of interorganizational linkage (Halavais, 2008; Park, 2003)
establish a formal public relationship between two organizations (Halavais, 2008)
Institutional hyperlinks should lower newspaper mortality rates
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Source | Destination | Date | Frequency | Content Type | Bytes | Descriptive Text
Link Data:
http://gawker.com/5953665/mitt-romneys-staff-played-the-media-covering-them-in-a-friendly-game-of-flag-football
Mitt Romney's Staff Played the Media Covering Them in a Friendly Game of Flag
http://gawker.com
2012-10-22
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Linking Matters
• Hyperlinks are more than information sharing; can impact organizational longevity (Weber 2012; Weber & Monge, 2014)– Linking behavior signals a deeper shift in organizational mentality– Impact is moderated by a host of factors, but aggressive shifts to digital can
impact survival over time
• Hyperlinks are not as significant for new entrants– New entrants benefit more from traditional mechanisms of legitimacy – media
attention, legal rulings, etc.– Hyperlinking moderates the effect
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Implications
• Longitudinal studies of digital behavior promise to reveal significant insight into the cumulative impact of digital strategies– Lessons learned provide insight into potential impact of social media
• Strategy is an important factor for understanding how existing organizations transform during periods of rapid change– Particularly in an online environment, organizational strategy can have a notable
impact of over time survival• Understanding the true value of a link/social link economy is critical
for both information-based organizations and individuals engaged with news media
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http://archivehub.rutgers.edu
• Want data?– Email me! [email protected]– ArchiveHub: http://archivehub.rutgers.edu
• The Team– Kris Carpenter, Vinay Goel: Internet Archive – David Lazer, Katherine Ognyanova: Northeastern University – Allie Kosterich, Hai Nguyen: Rutgers University– Peter Monge, Ayushman Datta, Kristen Guth: USC
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Research supported by NSF Award #1244727 and the NetSCI Lab @ Rutgers
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