Can World System Theory predict news flow on twitter? The case of government-sponsored broadcasting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7516776 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guy J Golan (0000-0003-4083-1135, Syracuse University, corresponding author), Itai Himelboim (0000-0001-7981-5613, University of Georgia) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1150-1170 |
| Publication date | 2015-11-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Information Communication & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-118X • E-ISSN: 1468-4462 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369118x.2015.1106572 |
| OpenAlex | W2169946674 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 84 |
Social media platforms provide world governments with the opportunity to distribute news content from their broadcast channels directly to foreign publics [Wallerstein, I. (1974). The modern world system. New York: Academic Press] World System Theory, which has successfully explained and predicted the structure of international news flow, is now being challenged. Specifically, these social platforms undermined assumptions regarding the one-way flow of information toward audiences and the exclusive institutional nature of the players in the international system. This study examines the unique case of government-sponsored news media and its international news flow. It finds that while the structure of the international news flow on Twitter exhibits a hierarchical core–periphery structure, non-institutional actors (e.g. bloggers) conformed less than institutional players (e.g. governments and news media) to that structure. This study also found that non-institutional actors assumed the role of bridging news sources and audiences, a role traditionally reserved for a small minority of elite news media. The growing and diversified pool of information mediators resulted in a more fragmented network of news flow, siloed, rather than interconnected. Research findings are synthesized and analyzed in the context of international broadcasting and social media scholarship
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
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| Citations per year | 2,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |