New Media and Journalism: Assessing the Twitter using Patterns of Journalists

Javairia Zubair,Muhammad Ashfaq,Noor-Ul-Ain Shahid

doi:10.5209/meso.69579

Abstract

This study examines journalists’ Twitter using patterns and its relationship with attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control based on personal usage and professional usage. Twitter has become an important tool for journalists, not only for personal usage but also for professional usage. It provides a platform for fast communication. A quantitative research approach is deployed, and a survey of professional journalists (N=411) was conducted. The results of the survey indicate that Twitter using patterns of journalists have positive relationships with attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control.

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IntroductionMediaciones Sociales Vol 20 (2021): 1-10 among the audience and journalists through modern means is giving rise to new professional practices of journalism
The first hypothesis is about the positive relationship between attitudes and Twitter using patterns of professional journalists
This study investigated the Twitter using patterns of professional journalists in their daily life

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Introduction

Mediaciones Sociales Vol 20 (2021): 1-10 among the audience and journalists through modern means is giving rise to new professional practices of journalism. Using traditional sources for information has become outdated since social media has taken over, where news breaks within seconds (Lewis et al, 2008). With this comes the responsibility of the journalists to make the sourcing credible enough but the criteria of creditability are yet to be developed because not much is known about social media sourcing (Erika & Renee, 2021; van Dijk, 2000). After gathering information from various sources comes the role of the journalist, where certain questions may arise such as: how professional are they? What are the criteria of professionalism? What are the ethical practices on the basis of which journalists evaluate the news? On what basis do the journalists evaluate the news stories?

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