News diffusion after the Reagan shooting

Bantz, Charles R.; Petronio, Sandra G.; Rarick, David L.

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“…We demonstrated and discussed the function of retweets, and the information sharing behavior of Twitter users. We also found that people were still communicating interpersonally on Twitter by asking and answering questions, much like Bantz et al (1983)'s study. Twitter was also multifunctional, serving as a platform to communicate emotive cues especially in the first hour of the riot, and then being used to respond to the crisis over the lifecycle of the riot.…”

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“…A closely related concept is that of crisis news diffusion (Sellnow & Seegar, 2013), in which scholars examine the use of various media platforms to diffuse information, how, when, where and from whom people found out about crises. One of the earliest studies in this area was conducted by Bantz, Petronio & Rarick (1983), who interviewed 289 people within 10 hours of the assassination of President Ronald Reagan. Although television and radio (popular media channels at that time) were responsible for diffusing news, interpersonal communication was the most dominant source for participants in their study.…”

Section: Information Behavior Crisis News Diffusion and Information Cuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Twittering the Little India Riot: Audience responses, information behavior and the use of emotive cues

Pang

2016

Computers in Human Behavior

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confidence: 63%

Section: Information Behavior Crisis News Diffusion and Information Cuesmentioning

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Twittering the Little India Riot: Audience responses, information behavior and the use of emotive cues

Pang

2016

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…Serial retransmission occurs when the recipient of a message passes this message on to another party (who may, in turn, pass the message to yet others). A major focus of early studies into rumoring behavior, serial retransmission is an important factor in the initial diffusion of information regarding disruptive events both because of its speed (competitive with broadcast media even in the pre-Internet age [ 41 , 42 ] and because of its wide reach [ 7 , 43 ]. For response organizations seeking to reach as many persons as possible within a target population, retransmission of formal communications is essential: extensive retransmission allows messages to reach a much wider audience than could be directly contacted, especially within a short span of time.…”

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What it Takes to Get Passed On: Message Content, Style, and Structure as Predictors of Retransmission in the Boston Marathon Bombing Response

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Message retransmission is a central aspect of information diffusion. In a disaster context, the passing on of official warning messages by members of the public also serves as a behavioral indicator of message salience, suggesting that particular messages are (or are not) perceived by the public to be both noteworthy and valuable enough to share with others. This study provides the first examination of terse message retransmission of official warning messages in response to a domestic terrorist attack, the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013. Using messages posted from public officials’ Twitter accounts that were active during the period of the Boston Marathon bombing and manhunt, we examine the features of messages that are associated with their retransmission. We focus on message content, style, and structure, as well as the networked relationships of message senders to answer the question: what characteristics of a terse message sent under conditions of imminent threat predict its retransmission among members of the public? We employ a negative binomial model to examine how message characteristics affect message retransmission. We find that, rather than any single effect dominating the process, retransmission of official Tweets during the Boston bombing response was jointly influenced by various message content, style, and sender characteristics. These findings suggest the need for more work that investigates impact of multiple factors on the allocation of attention and on message retransmission during hazard events.

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Diffusion Theories: News Diffusion

Cohen

2017

The International Encyclopedia of Media Effects

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News diffusion is a branch of mass communications research dealing with how news is circulated among publics. Two phases of research have occurred in news diffusion research. The first phase began after World War II and continued to the 1980s, and the second began with the arrival of the Internet and social media in the 1990s. Key questions raised during the first phase of diffusion research included whether media or interpersonal ties are the sources of information about an event; the type of event; and media structure. In the second phase, citizen journalists and others became participants in the news production and diffusion process—which until the advent of new media had been entirely controlled by professional journalists.

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News diffusion after the Reagan shooting

Cited by 7 publications

References 16 publications

Twittering the Little India Riot: Audience responses, information behavior and the use of emotive cues

Twittering the Little India Riot: Audience responses, information behavior and the use of emotive cues

What it Takes to Get Passed On: Message Content, Style, and Structure as Predictors of Retransmission in the Boston Marathon Bombing Response

Diffusion Theories: News Diffusion

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