The Influence of Professional Variables on Journalists’ Uses and Views of Social Media

Gulyás, Ágnes

doi:10.1080/21670811.2012.744559

Cited by 111 publications

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“…Studies have investigated how journalists engage with Twitter and identified distinct activities, such as content dissemination, sourcing, and audience interaction, particularly during times of heightened political activity or crisis (Cozma and Chen, 2013;Holton and Lewis, 2011;Vis, 2013). Others examined how journalists exercise their traditional professional norms, values, and standards in this non-traditional media space (Gulyas, 2013;Lasorsa et al, 2012). Typologies of different user groups have also resulted from the scholarly attention given to journalists' engagement with Twitter.…”

Section: Political Journalists and Twittermentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Organizational, professional, personal’: An exploratory study of political journalists and their hybrid brand on Twitter

Ottovordemgentschenfelde

2016

Journalism

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Political journalists rely heavily on their occupational status and reputation. This article addresses how political journalists negotiate their standing and enforce their legitimacy on Twitter amidst the online environment that directly challenges them. So far, practice-oriented studies have only looked at journalists in general. Studies have also tended to investigate the content published to journalists’ Twitter feeds, neglecting other aspects of the Twitter profile that can affect the perceived image of journalists. This exploratory study examines the Twitter profile pages of 20 political journalists who work for the top broadsheet newspapers in the United States. It uses the conceptual framework of personal branding to identify patterns and trends of how and where political journalists actively communicate their presence on the platform. This process is delineated by three complementary and co-existing brand identities – the organizational, the professional, and the personal – as well as a digital media skills-based dimension that political journalists use to position their journalistic brand on Twitter. Findings suggest that it could be most appropriate to think of political journalists’ Twitter profiles as digital business cards or digital portfolios, deliberately crafted to differentiate the journalist and establish competitive superiority.

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Section: Political Journalists and Twittermentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Organizational, professional, personal’: An exploratory study of political journalists and their hybrid brand on Twitter

Ottovordemgentschenfelde

2016

Journalism

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“…Journalists' attitudes toward the use of social media differ across countries (Gulyas, 2013) and organizations. Approaches to social media as news sources, for example, differ between the BBC, the Guardian, and CNN, with CNN being much more open toward UGC as a source (Bruno, 2011).…”

Section: Changing Journalismmentioning

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How journalists verify user-generated content during terrorist crises. Analyzing Twitter communication during the Brussels attacks

Rauchfleisch

Artho

Metag

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Social Media + Society

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Social media, and Twitter in particular, have become important sources for journalists in times of crises. User-generated content (UGC) can provide journalists with on-site information and material they otherwise would not have access to. But how they source and verify UGC has not yet been systematically analyzed. This study analyzes sourcing and verification practices on Twitter during the Brussels attacks in March 2016. Based on quantitative content analysis, we identified (1) the journalists and news organizations sourcing during the attacks, (2) classified different forms of sourcing and verification requests, and (3) analyzed the sourced UGC. Results show that sourcing on Twitter has become a global phenomenon. During the first hours of the attack, journalists rely on UGC. Their sourcing and verification practices vary widely and often lack basic verification procedures, which leads to a discussion about the ethical implications of sourcing practices.

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“…Together they have produced a myriad of derivative phenomena and usages that have had profound effects on the media and journalism professions, such as changes in relationships with the audience, changing journalistic practices and changes in professional values (Gulyas, 2013). Today, audiences rely intensely on social media as news sources (Hermida, 2012;Newman, Levy, & Nielson, 2015) and they participate in news reporting and distribution via the act of sharing (Newman, 2009).…”

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“…They pointed out that social media have challenged traditional journalism profession by changing audience relationships, journalist practice, and journalism values (Gulyas, 2013). While such debates on social media's impacts have covered many media practices, one media sector has been left out of the discussions: the business-to-business (B2B) media, which used to be known as the trade press.…”

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Using Product Variables of Business-to-Business (B2B) Media to Assess the Impacts of Social Media

Zhang

2016

Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture

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The Influence of Professional Variables on Journalists’ Uses and Views of Social Media

Cited by 111 publications

References 20 publications

‘Organizational, professional, personal’: An exploratory study of political journalists and their hybrid brand on Twitter

‘Organizational, professional, personal’: An exploratory study of political journalists and their hybrid brand on Twitter

How journalists verify user-generated content during terrorist crises. Analyzing Twitter communication during the Brussels attacks

Using Product Variables of Business-to-Business (B2B) Media to Assess the Impacts of Social Media

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