Title:
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Uses of Twitter in Catalan and Belgium Newsrooms
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Author:
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Pérez-Soler, Susana; Micó, Josep-Lluís
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Other authors:
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Universitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Comunicació i Relacions Internacionals Blanquerna |
Abstract:
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This article presents the conclusions of an investigation into the use of Twitter, the main social network
site, in newsrooms. The subjects of the study are
journalists from two similar European regions: the
French community of Belgium and Catalonia, one of
Spain’s regions. The study uses qualitative methods
to analyse one online edition of a traditional newspaper and one digital native from each region, with
data compiled from 25 in-depth interviews and nonparticipant observation, carried out over two years.
The results demonstrate that despite having adapted
this platform to their daily routines, they have done
so in a uni-directional: principally as a means of distributing their own content. The newsrooms analysed have no clear policy on the interaction between
the newspaper and its readership on social networks,
generating conflict between the media corporate account and journalists’ personal accounts. The idea
of Twitter as a public sphere where professionals
and the public exchange knowledge in order to improve journalistic discourse is currently considered
utopian. Although communication 2.0 fosters equilibrium between journalists and the public, professionals have not yet found a way to get down from the
pedestal that gives them access to official sources. |
Publication date:
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2019 |
Subject (UDC):
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070 - Diaris. Premsa. Periodisme. Ciències de la informació |
Subject(s):
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Periodisme Twitter Web Mitjans de comunicació social |
Rights:
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L'accés als continguts d'aquest document queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative Commons:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Pages:
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18 p. |
Document type:
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Article Article - Published version |
DOI:
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http://dx.doi.org/10.25768/fal.ec.n29.a05
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Published by:
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Universidad de Beira Interior. LabCom.IPF
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Publish at:
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Estudos em Comunicação, núm. 29, 2019
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