Both Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton were portrayed negatively by social media in the 2016 election campaign, a recent study has found. After analyzing Facebook memes made on both of them, thestudy found that they were portrayed or framed with negative tone. Trump was framed on …
Over the past decade, people have experienced a wave of social networking sites, offering them to experience unprecedented interactivity. A recent Pew Research Center study found that about 56 percent of adult social media users in the United States use more than one of these platforms: Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, …
Advances in technology allow news outlets to publish news on various platforms—their own websites, social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, and so on. As a result, many readers do not subscribe to broadsheet; rather, they read news on social media pages of news outlets. News …
Fake news, which is false or misleading content intentionally dressed up to look like news articles, has been a much-talked topic since the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Social networking sites, especially Facebook, have been a boon for its users to come across misleading items. More confusion arises when users …
Facebook’s ad hoc groups, which sporadically form on social network sites for pursuing societal change, earn more news media coverage compared to the groups oriented toward entertaining topics. Three academics from University of Jyväskylä analyzed 27 open Facebook groups and pages selected according to their different …
Anyone overseeing a newsroom's social channels quickly learns that they're all unique. Tanita Gaither is the digital content manager for Gray's WIS-TV in Columbia, SC. She tries to develop strategies that leverage the most powerful elements of each. "There’s this old saying, 'You break news on …
In the United States, 95 percent of teens own a smartphone or have access to one. These mobile connections lead the teens to more persistent online activities, with about 45 percent online on a near-constant basis. They are also active on social networking sites. A …
Thanks to the internet and social media, putting a protest together and even finding people who will join is easier than ever before. In a 2016 study, researchers José Alberto Simões and Ricardo Campos wanted to explore the relationship of social media and protesters. Over the …
Recently, the use of Facebook by public health organizations has become more popular. This study examines what features posted by these organizations attracts the most engagement i.e. likes, shares, or comments. James Kite, Bridget C. Foley, Anne C. Grunseit, and Becky Freeman, all from the …
Facebook has become such a vital part of audience engagement for local TV newsrooms that the social platform’s change in its news feed algorithm has social media managers scrambling. On January 11, Facebook said that it would prioritize content from “friends, family and groups” and …
