News 2.0 : journalists, audiences and news on social media /
Al-Rawi, Ahmed K.,
News 2.0 : journalists, audiences and news on social media / Ahmed Al-Rawi. - xii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
News 2.0 and new technologies -- Social networking sites and news -- Fake news discourse on SNS vs. MSM -- Social media news audiences -- Viral news on social media -- Celebrity journalists 2.0 and branding -- Who is breaking news on social media? -- Mobile news apps as ethnic mediascapes.
"This book provides a critical and analytical assessment of recent developments, debates and research on news, social media and news organizations 2.0. Throughout all the chapters, the main argument, which is drawn from empirical evidence, is that news production is largely biased while news consumers are mostly confined to their filter bubbles despite the widespread proliferation of news on social media. This is an important field of research due to its direct impact on democracy and politics, especially with the increasing popularity and influence of bots and clickbaits on SNS. This book focuses on three main areas: content (news), audiences or prosumers (networked audiences), and producers (news organizations & journalists). The latter are not only consumers of news but also producers of data (posts and comments) and metadata (clicks) who exhibit their engagement with news organizations and their news productions in different ways"--
9781119569664 1119569664
2020001719
Social media and journalism.
Mass media--Audiences.
Journalism--Technological innovations.
Journalists--Effect of technological innovations on.
Social media and journalism.
Journalism--Technological innovations.
Mass media--Audiences.
PN4766 / .A4 2020
302.23
News 2.0 : journalists, audiences and news on social media / Ahmed Al-Rawi. - xii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
News 2.0 and new technologies -- Social networking sites and news -- Fake news discourse on SNS vs. MSM -- Social media news audiences -- Viral news on social media -- Celebrity journalists 2.0 and branding -- Who is breaking news on social media? -- Mobile news apps as ethnic mediascapes.
"This book provides a critical and analytical assessment of recent developments, debates and research on news, social media and news organizations 2.0. Throughout all the chapters, the main argument, which is drawn from empirical evidence, is that news production is largely biased while news consumers are mostly confined to their filter bubbles despite the widespread proliferation of news on social media. This is an important field of research due to its direct impact on democracy and politics, especially with the increasing popularity and influence of bots and clickbaits on SNS. This book focuses on three main areas: content (news), audiences or prosumers (networked audiences), and producers (news organizations & journalists). The latter are not only consumers of news but also producers of data (posts and comments) and metadata (clicks) who exhibit their engagement with news organizations and their news productions in different ways"--
9781119569664 1119569664
2020001719
Social media and journalism.
Mass media--Audiences.
Journalism--Technological innovations.
Journalists--Effect of technological innovations on.
Social media and journalism.
Journalism--Technological innovations.
Mass media--Audiences.
PN4766 / .A4 2020
302.23