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The social news gap: How news reading and news sharing diverge

Abstract:

This article seeks to explain variation in news sharing patterns on social media. It finds that news editors have considerable power to shape the social media agenda through the use of “story importance cues” but also shows that there are some areas of news reporting (such as those related to crime and disasters) where this power does not apply. This highlights the existence of a social “news gap” where social media filters out certain types of news, producing a social media news agenda which...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1111/jcom.12232

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Oxford Internet Institute
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Wiley Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Communication Journal website
Volume:
66
Issue:
3
Pages:
343-365
Publication date:
2016-06-06
Acceptance date:
2016-04-09
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EISSN:
1460-2466
ISSN:
0021-9916
Language:
English
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pubs:615294
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uuid:4fc2b465-fca2-421d-84d0-657a03fda734
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pubs:615294
Source identifiers:
615294
Deposit date:
2016-04-14

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