When social media networks were quickly gaining popularity amongst young people, parents would warn, “You can’t believe everything you read online.” Nearly two decades later, the roles are reversed. By the time those parents figured out how to make a Facebook account, or find their child’s …
While the internet, especially social media, have enabled sharing of information in ways never seen before, it has also opened doors to stories that are created to purposely misinform or deceive – fake news. Two studies offer insight into how the audience perceive and consume …
On a daily basis, news reporters have to cultivate a successful social media presence where they are expected to publish meaningful content and engage with the audience. This often means having a digital-first storytelling plan in place that may not overlap with traditional news reporting. “You …
Incidental news exposure via social media has a detrimental effect on mainstream media and is helping its decline, a recent study found. “(T)he more often social media users come across news incidentally, the less time they look for news from traditional and online media,” concluded the …
The Reuters Institute 2020 Digital News Report found that the coronavirus crisis has increased news consumption for traditional news sources. Most of the data was collected in January before the virus hit, but the Reuters Institute conducted a follow-up survey in April in select six countries …
Social media has become an indispensable and legitimate tool for journalists who connect with their audience faster and easier than before. How does this instantaneous and continuous connection affect the journalistic process? According to a recent study, the audience is an influential player in all aspects …
Founding reporter of Mississippi Today Adam Ganucheau has been listening to well-produced national, political podcasts for years, but in 2018 he realized there wasn’t anything similar in Mississippi, so he decided to conceptualize and create his own podcast called, “The Other Side.” The weekly podcast …
Americans still prefer getting their news from television, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. The survey found that 47 percent of Americans prefer watching the news rather than reading or listening to it. The figure was 46 percent in 2016. The study was conducted between July …
Changes in audience behavior can have profound effects on media institutions, and that is why news organizations employ various techniques to engage readers. Neil Thurman of the Department of Communication Studies and Media Research of LMU Munich in Germany and Richard Fletcher of Reuters Institute for …
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 …
In recent years, some news organizations have been applying algorithms to automatically generate news. For example, the Associated Press has started to automate the production of its quarterly corporate earnings reports. News organizations are using automation to create content on a large scale to save time and money and …
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 …
