Crises, Rumours and Reposts: Journalists’ Social Media Content Gathering and Verification Practices in Breaking News Situations

Crises, Rumours and Reposts: Journalists’ Social Media Content Gathering and Verification Practices in Breaking News Situations

Social media (SoMe) platforms provide potentially important information for news journalists during everyday work and in crisis-related contexts. The aims of this study were (a) to map central journalistic challenges and emerging practices related to using SoMe for collecting and validating newswort...

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Main Authors: Klas Backholm, Julian Ausserhofer, Elsebeth Frey, Anna Grøndahl Larsen, Harald Hornmoen, Joachim Högväg, Gudrun Reimerth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cogitatio 2017-05-01
Series:Media and Communication
Subjects:
crisis
journalism
situational awareness
social media
usability
user-centred design
verification
Online Access:https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/878

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