News values on social media

News organizations’ Facebook use

Bibliographic Data

ID7477328
AuthorsAhmed Al-Rawi (0000-0002-1302-7427, Concordia University)
Year2016
Volume18
Issue7
Pages871-889
Publication date2016-03-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884916636142
PMID29278253
OpenAlexW2340820061
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited38

This study examines the news selection practices followed by news organizations through investigating the news posted on social networking sites and, in particular, the Facebook pages of four foreign Arabic language TV stations: The Iranian Al-Alam TV, Russia Today, Deutsche Welle, and BBC. A total of 15,589 news stories are analyzed in order to examine the prominence of references to countries and political actors. The study reveals that social significance and proximity as well as the news organizations' ideological agenda are the most important elements that dictate the news selection process

Advertising · Business · Cyberpsychology · Internet privacy · Social media · World Wide Web · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Computer Science · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics

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