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Making News in 140 Characters: How the New Media Environment Is Changing Our Examination of Audiences, Journalists, and Content

This project answers the following questions: What does political reporting on social media look like? How is political journalists use of social media changing their relationships with sources and fellow political journalists? Triangulating qualitative and quantitative research methods (content analysis, social network analysis, and in-depth interviews) in an examination of Twitter, a social media platform popular among journalists, this project provides insight into how changes in media routines are affecting news content.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LSU/oai:etd.lsu.edu:etd-04262012-210042
Date10 May 2012
CreatorsKirzinger, Ashley Elizabeth
ContributorsMartins, Laura, Weber, Christopher, Scholl, Rosanne, Dunaway, Johanna, DeFleur, Margaret, Goidel, Robert Kirby
PublisherLSU
Source SetsLouisiana State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04262012-210042/
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