Year: 2014
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Social media and technologies such as crowdsourcing now play a pivotal role in how broadcast media connects and engages with their audiences. Conversely, in the midst of technological change, traditional values remain. The findings of this study suggest that journalists’ are using social media for news gathering, but continue to place an emphasis on trusted sources and pre-existing relationships. Verification processes can often be circular, and some verification rests in knowledge derived from reporter’s earlier work. Use of authoritative sources, reliability, accuracy, and credibility appear to be prime concerns of the journalists’ who were interviewed as part of this pilot research study.
Author: Nora Martin
Language: English
Topic: Journalism and Media Studies
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3117214398