Overview
Examines the political economics and cultural politics of social media news sharing
Argues commendary culture on social media platforms is reshaping the way news journalism is reported, distributed and discovered worldwide
Reveals the type of news people most commonly share online, as well as their motivations
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores the political economics and cultural politics of social media news sharing, investigating how it is changing journalism and the news media internationally. News sharing plays important economic and cultural roles in an attention economy, recommending the stories audiences find valuable, making them more visible, and promoting the digital platforms that are reshaping our media ecologies. But is news sharing a force for democracy, or a sign of journalism’s declining power to set news agendas?
In Sharing News Online, Tim Dwyer and Fiona Martin analyse the growth of commendary culture and the business of social news, critique the rise of news analytics and dissect virality online. They reveal that surprisingly, we share political stories more highly than celebrity news, and they probe how deeply affect drives our sharing behaviour. In mapping the contours of a critical digital media phenomenon, this book makes essential reading for scholars, journalists and media executives.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Fiona Martin is Senior Lecturer in Online Media in the Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney, Australia.
Tim Dwyer is Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author of Convergent Media and Privacy (2016).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sharing News Online
Book Subtitle: Commendary Cultures and Social Media News Ecologies
Authors: Fiona Martin, Tim Dwyer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17906-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17905-2Published: 25 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17908-3Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-17906-9Published: 16 July 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 324
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Journalism, Digital/New Media, Social Media