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Tweets from Wall Street
My latest study with Vivian Medina-Messner examines the Twitter adoption and use of leading business media, such as the Wall Street Journal, CNBC and the Economist. We analyzed the Twitter accounts of leading business news organizations, split up by newspapers, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Journalism, Research
Tagged Bloomberg, Business, Businessweek, CNBC, Economist, Financial Times, Fortune, Fox Business, Magazines, New York Times, Newspaper, Social Media, TV, Twitter, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
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“Shoveling tweets” study published
The journal of the International Symposium on Online Journalism has published a study on Twitter adoption and use by American newspapers and television stations, which my former graduate students Maureen Linke and Asriel Eford conducted with me. The results of … Continue reading
Posted in International, Journalism, Research, Social Media
Tagged Adoption, Future of Journalism Conference, ISOJ, Newspaper, Shovelware, Social Media, TV, Twitter, use
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Social media discussion in Germany
On a recent trip to Germany, I was invited to run a day-long seminar on social media at the “Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung,” one of Germany’s large regional daily newspapers. Together with Michael Fibison from Yahoo! and Ryan Nobles from Richmond’s … Continue reading
Posted in Business, International, Journalism, Legacy Media, Social Media
Tagged Audience, Business, Facebook, Germany, Global, Google, HAZ, NBC12, Newspaper, Social Media, Strategy, TV, Twitter, Yahoo, YouTube
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To tweet or not to tweet?
Social media platforms are great tools for journalists to reach their audiences instantaneously from the scene of breaking news. But social media can also put news scoops at risk for the traditional platforms of a news organization. The editor-in-chief of … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Legacy Media, Social Media
Tagged Audience, Facebook, inVocus, Newspaper, Scoop, Social Media, Strategy, Twitter
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New course: Social Media and the iPad
In the spring semester I will offer a special topics class “Social Media Journalism” in VCU’s School of Mass Communications. In the class, we will do hands-on social media reporting and portfolio building on various platforms. The class will also … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Journalism, Social Media, Teaching
Tagged apple, Blogs, Campaigns, Class, CTE, Facebook, Google, iPad, Newspaper, Portfolio, Social Media, Strategy, Students, Technology, TV, Twitter, VCU, Wikipedia, YouTube
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Tweets on C-SPAN
Traditional news media are increasingly using social media in their news reporting. Our recent study on newspaper reporting patterns has stressed this trend. But C-SPAN has now incorporated congressional Twitter feeds into its programming. During breaks between political debates, the … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Journalism, Politics, Social Media
Tagged Audience, C-SPAN, Democracy, Government, Newspaper, Poynter, Social Media, Sources, TV, Twitter
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Social media and the 2012 presidential campaign
President Barack Obama and the Republican field of candidates are putting their social media campaigns in place for the 2012 presidential race. Republicans recently announced that they will be ready to play social media this time around, and President Obama … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Government, Politics, Public Relations, Social Media
Tagged American Public Media, Blogs, Campaigns, Candidates, Democracy, Democrats, Election, Facebook, Government, Marketplace, Newspaper, Obama, President, Republicans, Social Media, Strategy, Tumblr, Twitter
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Social media as sources for newspapers
The New York Times and the Washington Post have increasingly used social media platforms like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter as sources for their news reporting. My VCU colleague Tim Bajkiewicz will present the results of our study “Facebook, MySpace and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, International, Journalism, Legacy Media, Research, Social Media
Tagged Agenda Setting, Business, Facebook, Network, New York Times, Newspaper, Phenomenon, Platform, Social Media, Sources, Twitter, VCU, Washington Post
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Citing blogs without proper attribution
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
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2011 AEJMC Promising Professor Award
Every year, the Mass Communication & Society Division and Graduate Education Interest Group of AEJMC select tenure-track faculty members for their national AEJMC Promising Professor Awards. I am honored to have been chosen for this year’s third place award. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, International, Journalism, Teaching
Tagged AEJMC, Business, Campaigns, Challenge, Global, Newspaper, Non-profit, Opportunity, Social Media, Strategy, Students, Technology, VCU
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