Mainstream media and the distribution of news in the age of social media

Report

Social media have helped UK newspapers and broadcasters gain traction around the world, but news organisations are becoming increasingly worried about the potentially disruptive effect of social media on their business models. This paper offers an important contribution to understanding the implications of these changes for the quality of news and the future of journalism.

Authors: Newman, N

• Alternative title: how social media are changing the production, distribution and discovery of news and further disrupting the business models of mainstream media companies
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Not peer reviewed
• Publisher: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford Publisher's website
• Series: RISJ Reports
• Place of publication: http://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/publications/risj-reports.html
• Publication date: 2011-01-01
• Language: English
• Keywords: YouTube; user-generated content; social networks; Twitter; broadcasting; social media; future journalism; newspapers; blogs; online; social discovery; Facebook
• Subjects: Internet and everyday life; News media,journalism,publishing; Media and Public Policy