How journalists use social media in France and the United States

Analyzing technology use across journalistic fields

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7501433
AutoresMatthew Powers (0000-0003-1430-8703, University of Washington), Sandra Vera Zambrano (0000-0001-9016-8648, Ibero American University, autor correspondente), Sandra Vera-Zambrano (Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico)
Ano2017
Volume20
Fascículo8
Páginas2728-2744
Data de publicação2017-09-15
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNew Media & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1461444817731566
OpenAlexW2756155699
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas42
Referências citadas35

This article examines journalists’ use of social media in France and the United States. Through in-depth interviews, we show that shared practical sensibilities lead journalists in both countries to use social media to accomplish routine tasks (e.g. gather information, monitor sources, and develop story ideas). At the same time, we argue that the incorporation of social media into daily practice also creates opportunities for journalists to garner peer recognition and that these opportunities vary according to the distinctive national fields in which journalists are embedded. Where American journalism incentivizes individual journalists to orient social media use toward audiences, French journalism motivates news organizations to use social media for these purposes, while leaving individual journalists to focus primarily on engaging with their peers. We position these findings in relation to debates on the uses of technologies across national settings

Focus (optics · Journalism · Media studies · News media · Political science · Public relations · Relation (database · Social media · Sociology · Technical Journalism · Computer Science · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Social Media and Politics