Making news in 140 characters: how the new media environment is changing our examination of audiences, journalists, and content
type: CreativeWork
description: 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.
abstract: 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.
author: Kirzinger, Ashley Elizabeth
keywords: political communication, social media
date published: 2012-01-01T08:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:57:56Z
provider: Lousiana State University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Mass Communication

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property ID: DOI
value: 10.31390/gradschool_dissertations.622