Twitter as a Reporting Tool for Breaking News

Vis, Farida

doi:10.1080/21670811.2012.741316

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“…Smyrnaios, 2013). Additionally, research focusing on the usage of Twitter in breaking news situations suggests that the platform is a popular source of information, most importantly for younger generations (Tandoc and Johnson, 2016;Vis, 2013). Tandoc & Johnson (2016) argue that Twitter's central features, i.e.…”

Section: Social Media Platforms As Integral Parts Of Web Spheres: Thementioning

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#Migrantcrisis: “tagging” the European migration crisis on Twitter

Ferra

Nguyen

2017

JCOM

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Design/Methodology/Approach: The case study combines insights from research on transnational public discourses with web sphere theory for the methodological angle; it also applies Social Network-and Semantic Analysis as empirical methods for data analysis.Twitter data related to #migrantcrisis and published on the 26th of February 2016 was collected, processed and visualised with NodeXL. Findings:The Social Network-and Semantic Analysis of 4277 tweet identified the key actors/stakeholders who dominated the transnational web discourse and the main topics subsumed under the #migrantcrisis. The results suggest that the hierarchical structures that shaped the "offline" public sphere resonate in the digital public sphere. Simultaneously, strong links with general EU politics and other crisis events that caused turmoil in the transnational public sphere emerged as well.Research Limitations/Implications: The paper provides an exploratory mapping of noticeable tendencies in a data set that is limited to the 26th of February 2016, which marked the closing of borders along the so-called "Balkan Route" to Europe.Originality/Value: This paper examines the usage of Twitter and the formation of the transnational web discourse by focusing the examination of a key date and event as regards to the unfolding of the migrant crisis in Europe.

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Section: Social Media Platforms As Integral Parts Of Web Spheres: Thementioning

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#Migrantcrisis: “tagging” the European migration crisis on Twitter

Ferra

Nguyen

2017

JCOM

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“…When social media are at their best, it is in cases that exemplify the notion of "ambient journalism" (Hermida 2010). Social media themselves become a specific environment for production and dissemination of information, which gains importance especially in exceptional circumstances, such as social upheavals (Vis 2013) or natural disasters (Bruns 2014). However, the agenda-setting influence of social media on traditional media does not appear to be a fait accompli.…”

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The Powers that Tweet

Hladík

Štětka

2015

Journalism Studies

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Citation: HLADIK, R. and STETKA, V., 2015. The powers that tweet: social media as news sources in the Czech Republic. Journalism Studies, 18(2), pp. 154-174. The study relies on a content analysis of a six-month sample of news articles collected in 2013 and focuses on social networking sites (SNSs), namely Facebook and Twitter, in their capacity as acknowledged sources in the agenda of traditional news media in the Czech Republic. The results include information on the differences between tabloid and quality press, the topics and actors that are likely to be associated with social media in their capacity as sources, the links between social media sources and the geographical focus of the news, and the type of social media content that the news media are inclined to use. The main features of the utilization of SNSs as news sources in the Czech Republic can be characterized by low intensity, a preference for domestic affairs, and a bias toward tabloidization. In several examined categories, we found evidence of consistently disparate uses of Facebook and Twitter that caution against generalizations about the role of social media in journalism and signal the requirement for a more nuanced approach to individual platforms. The article concludes that Czech news media do not fully exploit the democratic potential of SNSs and favor elite sources.

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“…Twenty-four hour news cycles are a landscape where journalism standards and production routines need to be renewed or, at the very least, substantially adapted. For example, the role of technologies like Twitter in shortening breaking news cycles is well documented by Vis (2013) in her study of the coverage of the August 2011 riots in the UK. Unexpected and "ad hoc" journalistic conventions emerge in what she calls "ambient journalism" that uses "live blogging" as a resource.…”

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Legacy Media: A Case for Creative Destruction?

Pérez-Latre¹

2014

Pacla

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Digital media have transformed the journalistic profession in decisive ways, so much so that journalism has become fuzzy and its borders and standards have been blurred. In this theoretical, narrative paper, we look at some implications of the process for media management, as organizations try to cope with a new kind of media ecology. The digital transformation has brought to light concerns about responsibility and standards that spark a healthy debate about the future of "legacy media," with interesting precedents in the past. KeywordsLegacy media, journalism, media management, media ecology, journalistic practice. (Source: Unesco Thesaurus).1 Universidad de Navarra, España. perezlatre@unav.es 1098Legacy Media: A Case for Creative Destruction? -Francisco Pérez-Latre Legado de medios: ¿un caso para la destrucción creativa? ResumenLos medios digitales han transformado la profesión periodística en formas decisivas; tanto así, que el periodismo se ha vuelto difuso y sus fronteras y las normas se han desdibujado. En este trabajo teórico y narrativo nos fijamos en algunas de las implicaciones del proceso para la gestión de medios de comunicación, mientras que las organizaciones tratan de hacerle frente a un nuevo tipo de ecología de los medios. La transformación digital ha traí-do a la luz las preocupaciones acerca de la responsabilidad y las normas, lo que ha provocado un sano debate sobre el futuro de "los medios de comunicación heredados", con interesantes antecedentes en el pasado. Palabras claveLegado de medios, periodismo, gestión de medios de comunicación, ecología de los medios de comunicación, prácticas periodísticas. (Fuente: Tesauro de la Unesco). Legado de meios: um caso para a destruição criativa? ResumoOs meios digitais têm transformado a profissão jornalística em formas decisivas. Tanto assim que o jornalismo se tornou difuso e suas fronteiras e normas desfiguraram-se. Neste trabalho teórico e narrativo, fixamo-nos em algumas das implicações do processo para a gestão de meios de comunicação, enquanto as organizações tentam enfrentar um novo tipo de ecologia dos meios. A transformação digital trouxe à luz as preocupações sobre a responsabilidade e as normas, o que tem provocado um debate saudável sobre o futuro dos "meios de comunicação herdados", com relevantes antecedentes no passado.

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Twitter as a Reporting Tool for Breaking News

Cited by 289 publications

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#Migrantcrisis: “tagging” the European migration crisis on Twitter

#Migrantcrisis: “tagging” the European migration crisis on Twitter

The Powers that Tweet

Legacy Media: A Case for Creative Destruction?

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