September 24, 2021 •
Media and Politics, Recent, Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Stephanie Alice Baker and Michael James Walsh
Academics examine the link between Twitter’s design and controversial and hostile interactions on the platform....
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July 16, 2019 •
Digital News, Newsroom Management, Recent, Technology •
by Destiny Alvarez and Damian Radcliffe
Social media is swimming with journalists and non-journalists alike, but too often engagement between the two is scant. That’s the view of Mandy Jenkins, general manager for McClatchy’s local news initiative The Compass Experiment and...
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March 5, 2019 •
Censorship, Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Recent, Specialist Journalism •
by Damian Radcliffe and Payton Bruni
Being a journalist in – or reporting on – the Middle East brings with it many challenges. One key issue, for journalists and news consumers alike, is the relative lack of media freedom, and freedom of expression, in the region....
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January 2, 2019 •
Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Joëlle Swart, Chris Peters and Marcel Broersma
People are increasingly moving from open platforms like Facebook towards more private social media such as WhatsApp. But what goes on inside these “black boxes”? And how does it affect news engagement? A new study tried to find out....
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November 14, 2018 •
Research •
by Dr Gerret Von Nordheim
Journalism seems to be in the gravitational field of social media. Ever more frequently, a new study now shows, journalists are using Twitter, Facebook and other platforms as a source for their work. But what are the consequences?...
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October 15, 2018 •
Research •
by Antonis Kalogeropoulos
Do social media platforms affect people’s perception of where they actually get their news from? New research by a team at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism says "Yes". The implications for trust in news and publishers’...
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October 8, 2018 •
Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Felix Simon
Everyone wants to be popular on social media, especially journalists. But which factors determine a journalist’s popularity on a platform such as Twitter? Might there even be something like a “golden formula” for success? New...
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September 27, 2018 •
Research, Specialist Journalism •
by Juliana Fregoso
Many Mexicans were expecting a Russian disinformation campaign during the recent elections. The country braced itself. Experts and journalists were prepared to detect and fight an invasion of bots, anxiously waiting for the moment when...
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September 12, 2018 •
Digital News, Research •
by Felix Simon
As users turn away from Facebook for sharing and discussing news, other social media platforms such as instant messaging apps and Instagram are becoming more relevant, a new study has found. But is this bad news for Facebook? Not...
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