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Professional role enactment amid information warfare: War correspondents tweeting on the Ukraine conflict

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: War correspondents work within a networked media environment characterised not only by an explosion of information but also a wide range of actors producing competing narratives and viewpoints. This study examines the ways in which war correspondents enact their professional roles when tweeting from within a conflict zone. The analysis sheds light on the conditions of modern information warfare in the context of reporting from within the Ukraine conflict. It also identifies the emerging social media practices of war correspondents and the different role categories that journalists are adopting on Twitter.

Source: Journalism

DOI: 10.1177/1464884916671158

Authors: Markus Ojala, Mervi Pantti, Jarkko Kangas

Institutions: University of Helsinki, University of Tampere

Language: English

Topic: Media Studies and Communication

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Helsingin Sanomain Säätiö

OpenAlex ID: W2524959449

FWCI: 3.77

Cites: 47

Cited by: 45

Related to: 10