The powers that tweet: Social media as news sources in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2015.1046995" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2015.1046995</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2015.1046995" target="_blank" >10.1080/1461670X.2015.1046995</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The powers that tweet: Social media as news sources in the Czech Republic

Original language description

This article examines the impact of social media on Czech news media content. The study relies on a content analysis of a six-month sample of news articles collected in 2013 and focuses on social networking sites (SNSs), namely Facebook and Twitter, in their capacity as acknowledged sources in the agenda of traditional news media in the Czech Republic. The results include information on the differences between tabloid and quality press, the topics and actors that are likely to be associated with social media in their capacity as sources, the links between social media sources and the geographical focus of the news, and the type of social media content that the news media are inclined to use. The main features of the utilization of SNSs as news sources in the Czech Republic can be characterized by low intensity, a preference for domestic affairs, and a bias toward tabloidization. In several examined categories, we found evidence of consistently disparate uses of Facebook and Twitter that caution against generalizations about the role of social media in journalism and signal the requirement for a more nuanced approach to individual platforms. The article concludes that Czech news media do not fully exploit the democratic potential of SNSs and favor elite sources.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50802 - Media and socio-cultural communication

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journalism Studies

ISSN

1461-670X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

18

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

154-174

UT code for WoS article

000393761300003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84938632177