The accused is entering the courtroom

The Live-Tweeting of a Murder Trial

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7495693
AutoresMegan Knight (0000-0001-5171-663X, Media Research Group, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume18
Fascículo2-3
Páginas186-211
Data de publicação2017-09-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Media Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1468-2753 • E-ISSN: 2040-0926
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14682753.2017.1374681
OpenAlexW2619743958
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas22

The use of social media is now widely accepted within journalism as an outlet for news information. Live tweeting of unfolding events is standard practice. In March 2014, Oscar Pistorius went on trial in the Gauteng High Court for murder. Hundreds of journalists present began live-tweeting coverage, an unprecedented combination of international interest, permission to use technology and access which resulted in massive streams of consciousness reports of events as they unfolded. Based on a corpus of Twitter feeds of 24 journalists covering the trial, this study analyses the content and strategies of these feeds in order to present an understanding of how microblogging is used as a live reporting tool. This study shows the development of standardised language and strategies in reporting on Twitter, concluding that journalists adopt a narrow range of approaches, with no significant variation in terms of gender, location or medium. This is in contrast to earlier studies in the field

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