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28 UCLA J.L. & Tech. 175 (2023)
Platformization and Media Capture: A Framework for Regulatory Analysis of Media-Related Platform Regulations

handle is hein.journals/ujlt28 and id is 186 raw text is: UCLA JOURNAL OF LAW & TECHNOLOGY Special Issue: Platforms and the Press PLATFORMIZATION AND MEDIA CAPTURE: A FRAMEWORK FOR REGULATORY ANALYSIS OF MEDIA-RELATED PLATFORM REGULATIONS Courtney C. Radsch, PhD, This artide analyses the challenges of regulating the digital technology sector to support journalism in the era of platformization. It examines the interdependence between three categories of policy interventions proposed by regulators worldwide to rebalance the dynamics between journalism and online platforms: taxation and subsidies, copyright and licensing, and competition and anti-trust. By examining the theory of change driving each intervention, the benefits to publishers, and the potential for government intervention, this paper explores the risks of capture inherent in different approaches. It analyses the potential for media capture in each regulatory approach and with respect to further tying the future of journalism to the infrastructure provided by tech platforms. Capture through platformization is not well understood or considered by policymakers, and many debates over regulation rightly focus on the potential for political influence, but they fail to consider the broader implications of specific policy interventions on infrastructure capture. This article argues that policymakers must establish a transparency framework to provide better data and understanding of the relationship between online platforms and news media. Without it, interventions will be ineffective, Dr. Courtney C. Radsch is a fellow at the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy. Thanks to Alessia Zornetta for her research assistance and to Michael Karanikolas and our students in ITLP's Information Policy Lab for fruitful discussions that helped hone my analysis of these topics. Thank you also to Anya Schiffrin and the participants at Columbia University's Saving Journalism II conference and the Center for Media Assistance, which helped support my initial research for this paper. 175 Winter 2023 www.uclajolt.com Vol. 28, No. 2

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