{"id":12440,"date":"2022-04-28T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/?p=12440"},"modified":"2025-02-07T16:12:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T21:12:55","slug":"release-americans-overwhelmingly-support-big-tech-compensating-local-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/release-americans-overwhelmingly-support-big-tech-compensating-local-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Overwhelmingly Support Big Tech Compensating Local Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. adults across the political spectrum believe that Big Tech has too much power over the news publishing industry and want Congress to act.<\/em><\/h4>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n

Washington, D.C. \u2013 A new national survey<\/span><\/a> of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted by Schoen Cooperman Research (SCR) for the News Media Alliance shows that\u00a070 percent of Americans support Congress passing the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA). The JCPA is\u00a0legislation designed to allow small and local publishers to band together to collectively negotiate fairer terms for use of their content by Big Tech platforms, such as Google and Facebook.<\/p>\n

In the past two decades, Americans have watched their local papers shutter their doors or reduce their footprint in their communities as Google and Facebook built an advertising duopoly and deployed algorithms to systematically devalue high-quality journalism in favor of provocative content. This trend is affecting Americans\u2019 attitudes toward Big Tech companies, as the survey shows that the public is worried about Big Tech’s influence over the news publishing industry and is concerned that the tech giants are driving small and local news outlets out of business.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the survey by SCR was to understand American sentiments and concerns surrounding Big Tech’s role in society generally, and specifically the influence of Big Tech companies in the news and publishing industries. In addition, the survey sought to understand the public’s receptivity toward \u2013 and support for \u2013 curbing the power of Big Tech companies, through vehicles such as the JCPA.<\/p>\n

“Americans have made it unequivocally clear \u2013 they want to preserve the high-quality journalism of small and local outlets across the country that have been decimated by Big Tech,\u201d SCR Founder and Partner Douglas Schoen said. \u201cDespite historic levels of partisanship, Americans on both sides of the aisle overwhelmingly want to hold Google and Facebook accountable and pass legislation like the JCPA that can save local journalism, protect free speech, and defend our democracy.”<\/p>\n

Key findings of the survey are:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n