Social Media and Journalism

Trends, Connections, Implications

Ján Višňovský, Jana Radošinská

• Publisher: IntechOpen
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781838817299
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Media Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

Nowadays, social media are amongst the most frequently used entertainment and information sources, offering the most recent news. National, international and global issues of social media journalism involve a wide spectrum of complex questions related to the production, distribution and reception of media contents, as well as a plethora of social, cultural, economic, legal and ethical aspects to consider. The publication you are holding in your hands is an attempt to provide various theoretical and empirical frameworks that may help us better understand social media journalism from different points of view and in diverse contexts. The individual chapters are written by authors with various scholarly affiliations working in international academic circles. Even though the methods they use and problems they discuss vary, they all pursue the same objective - to find out more about the implications of the existence and popularity of social media, especially social media journalism.

Table of contents

• Social Media and Journalism - Trends, Connections, Implications
• Contents
• Preface
• Section 1 Introduction
• Section 2 The Social and Cultural Implications of Social Media Journalism
• Section 3 The Technological and Economic Evolution of Social Media