Twitter and political information in the main digital media: The social network as a source of statements in the Trump era

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https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2018.sep.03

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Journalism, Political information, Political communication, Media agenda, Digital media, Information sources, Digital press, Social networks, Donald Trump, Twitter, The New York Times.

Abstract

Based on a sample of articles published by The New York Times in 2017 covering three important political issues, this research quantifies the number of tweets that end being used as journalistic sources. With the president of the United States, Donald Trump, as the main protagonist, the results point to the fact that Twitter statements are consolidated as a content used on a recurring basis also in the most reliable media. In this way, the study contributes to deepen into the changes that the social network has introduced in the use of journalistic sources in the field of hard news.

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2018-09-15

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Justel-Vázquez, S., Fernández-Planells, A., Victoria-Mas, M., & Lacasa-Mas, I. (2018). Twitter and political information in the main digital media: The social network as a source of statements in the Trump era. Profesional De La información, 27(5), 984–993. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2018.sep.03

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Vol. 27 No. 5 (2018): Información polí­tica y redes sociales (I)

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