Tag Archives: CNN

Citing blogs without proper attribution

Posted on September 4, 2011 by marcusmessner

My latest journal publication, which just appeared in the summer issue of the Newspaper Research Journal, tracks the source relationship between traditional news media and blogs. In the study, my co-author Bruce Garrison from the University of Miami’s School of … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Journalism, Legacy Media, Politics, Research, Social Media | Tagged AEJMC, Agenda Setting, Attribution, Blogs, Citation, CNN, Election, Fox News, Intermedia, LA Times, New York Times, Newspaper, Social Media, Sources, TV, USA Today, Washington Post | Leave a comment

Are news media poisoning public opinion?

Posted on July 13, 2011 by marcusmessner

The cases involving Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Casey Anthony have shown some news organizations at their worst. Prejudging the outcomes of these cases, news outlets had to make 180-degree turns in their reporting when the two cases had surprising twists. CBS … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, International, Journalism, Law, Politics, Social Media | Tagged Affairs, Casey Anthony, CBS 6, CNN, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Florida, France, Germany, Global, Government, New York, New York Times, Newspaper, Privacy, Tabloids, TV, Washington Post | Leave a comment

Breaking news on social media

Posted on May 14, 2011 by marcusmessner

It took a while until CNN and other traditional news media were ready to report the death of Osama bin Laden. While the news was already widely discussed on social media networks like Twitter, news organizations were still verifying the … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, International, Journalism, Legacy Media, Politics, Social Media | Tagged CNN, Facebook, Followers, Global, Government, inVocus, Obama, Pakistan, President, Social Media, Strategy, Terror, TV, Twitter, War | Leave a comment

Shoveling tweets: Traditional media and their use of Twitter

Posted on April 1, 2011 by marcusmessner

The International Symposium on Online Journalism in Austin hosted a research panel on Twitter. I presented a study that I conducted with two of my recent graduate students, Maureen Linke and Asriel Eford, from our Multimedia Journalism Master’s Program at … Continue reading →

Posted in International, Journalism, Legacy Media, Research, Social Media | Tagged ABC, Audience, Bookmarking, CBS, CNN, Community, Facebook, Fox News, ISOJ, LA Times, MySpace, NBC, New York Times, Newspaper, Sharing, Shovelware, Social Media, Strategy, Technology, Twitter, USA Today, VCU, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post | Leave a comment

A weekend with Anderson Cooper

Posted on February 21, 2011 by marcusmessner

It was an extraordinary weekend at the Richmond Forum with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, who presented a “360-degree look at world events” to more than 5000 people at the Landmark Theater and sat down for a Q&A with me on … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, International, Journalism, Legacy Media, Politics, Social Media, Teaching | Tagged Audience, CNN, Democracy, Egypt, Election, Facebook, Global, Government, Middle East, Protest, Richmond Forum, Social Media, Students, Technology, TV, Twitter, VCU, Wikileaks, YouTube | 3 Comments

Anderson Cooper at the Richmond Forum

Posted on February 14, 2011 by marcusmessner

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper will share his experiences covering the uprising in Egypt at two Richmond Forum events this weekend. I am excited to moderate both events on Feb. 19 and 20. In addition, 30 of our VCU mass communications … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, International, Journalism, Legacy Media, Politics, Social Media | Tagged Audience, CNN, Democracy, Egypt, Global, Protest, Richmond Forum, Social Media, Students, TV, VCU | 1 Comment

Media coverage of the protests in Egypt

Posted on February 7, 2011 by marcusmessner

Journalists have been under attack while trying to cover the protests in Egypt. Not only correspondents of television networks and newspapers were attacked, but especially star reporters and anchors such as CNN’s Anderson Cooper and CBS’ Katie Couric. I was … Continue reading →