Credibility of social online media

In the eyes of Finnish professional journalists

Bibliographic Data

ID4989137
AuthorsMohammad Ofiul Hasnat (University of Lapland, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume25
Pages220-235
Publication date2014-06-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueComunicação e Sociedade (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1645-2089 • E-ISSN: 2183-3575
PublisherUniversity of Minho (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17231/comsoc.25(2014).1870
OpenAlexW1606350599
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited16

This article reviews the changed structure of news presentation in the social media, addressing concerns about credibility and ethics. It highlights the important factors of accuracy and trustworthiness to measure newsworthiness and credibility of the news of social media. Possible ideas for editing social media contents have been suggested as absence of a gatekeeping process has raised question about the credibility of the social media. The study analyses contents of theme interviews conducted with selected journalism professionals from four newspapers: Lapin Kansa, Kaleva, Keskipohjanmaa and Österbottens Tidning in Finland. The results show that the social media started to serve the purpose of people getting news and will emerge as full-fledged news media in future, if the authenticity, credibility and transparency of information could be ensured upholding journalistic ethics

Advertising · Business · Credibility · Gatekeeping · Journalism · Media studies · News values · Newspaper · Political science · Presentation (obstetrics · Public relations · Social media · Sociology · Transparency (behavior · Trustworthiness · Law · Medicine · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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