Digital News Consumption and Copyright Intervention

Evidence from Spain Before and After the 2015 “Link Tax”

Bibliographic Data

ID12449208
AuthorsSilvia Majó-Vázquez (0000-0002-2312-7907, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism; Deparment of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, 13 Norham Gardens; Oxford, OX2 6PS United Kingdom, corresponding author), Ana Sofía Cardenal Izquierdo (0000-0002-1540-8004, Deparment of Law and Politics; Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Av. Carl Friedich Gauss, 5 Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia; Edifici, B3 08860, Castelldefels Spain), Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon (0000-0002-8372-798X, Annenberg School for Communication; University of Pennsylvania, 3620 Walnut Street; Philadelphia, PA 19104-6220)
Year2017
Volume22
Issue5
Pages284-301
Publication date2017-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1083-6101 • E-ISSN: 1083-6101
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jcc4.12196
OpenAlexW2754898802
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited37

We analyze patterns of digital news consumption before and after a "link tax" was introduced in Spain. This new legislation imposed a copyright fee for showing snippets of content created by newspapers and resulted in the shutdown of Google News Spain. The Spanish

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