Uses of Twitter in Catalan and Belgium Newsrooms

This article presents the conclusions of an investigation into the use of Twitter, the main social network site, in newsrooms. The subjects of the study are journalists from two similar European regions: the French community of Belgium and Catalonia, one of Spain’s regions. The study uses qualitativ...

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Autores: Pérez-Soler, Susana, Micó, Josep-Lluís
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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spelling Uses of Twitter in Catalan and Belgium NewsroomsPérez-Soler, SusanaMicó, Josep-LluísPeriodismeTwitterWebMitjans de comunicació social070This article presents the conclusions of an investigation into the use of Twitter, the main social network site, in newsrooms. The subjects of the study are journalists from two similar European regions: the French community of Belgium and Catalonia, one of Spain’s regions. The study uses qualitative methods to analyse one online edition of a traditional newspaper and one digital native from each region, with data compiled from 25 in-depth interviews and nonparticipant observation, carried out over two years. The results demonstrate that despite having adapted this platform to their daily routines, they have done so in a uni-directional: principally as a means of distributing their own content. The newsrooms analysed have no clear policy on the interaction between the newspaper and its readership on social networks, generating conflict between the media corporate account and journalists’ personal accounts. The idea of Twitter as a public sphere where professionals and the public exchange knowledge in order to improve journalistic discourse is currently considered utopian. Although communication 2.0 fosters equilibrium between journalists and the public, professionals have not yet found a way to get down from the pedestal that gives them access to official sources.Universidad de Beira Interior. LabCom.IPFUniversitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Comunicació i Relacions Internacionals Blanquerna2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion18 p.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/462http://dx.doi.org/10.25768/fal.ec.n29.a05reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésEstudos em Comunicação, núm. 29, 2019info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/PN I+D/CSO2014-52283-C2-2-PAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International© L'autor/ahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:20.500.14342/4622026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Uses of Twitter in Catalan and Belgium Newsrooms
spellingShingle Uses of Twitter in Catalan and Belgium Newsrooms
Pérez-Soler, Susana
Periodisme
Twitter
Web
Mitjans de comunicació social
070
title_short Uses of Twitter in Catalan and Belgium Newsrooms
title_full Uses of Twitter in Catalan and Belgium Newsrooms
title_fullStr Uses of Twitter in Catalan and Belgium Newsrooms
title_full_unstemmed Uses of Twitter in Catalan and Belgium Newsrooms
title_sort Uses of Twitter in Catalan and Belgium Newsrooms
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pérez-Soler, Susana
Micó, Josep-Lluís
author Pérez-Soler, Susana
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Micó, Josep-Lluís
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Periodisme
Twitter
Web
Mitjans de comunicació social
070
topic Periodisme
Twitter
Web
Mitjans de comunicació social
070
description This article presents the conclusions of an investigation into the use of Twitter, the main social network site, in newsrooms. The subjects of the study are journalists from two similar European regions: the French community of Belgium and Catalonia, one of Spain’s regions. The study uses qualitative methods to analyse one online edition of a traditional newspaper and one digital native from each region, with data compiled from 25 in-depth interviews and nonparticipant observation, carried out over two years. The results demonstrate that despite having adapted this platform to their daily routines, they have done so in a uni-directional: principally as a means of distributing their own content. The newsrooms analysed have no clear policy on the interaction between the newspaper and its readership on social networks, generating conflict between the media corporate account and journalists’ personal accounts. The idea of Twitter as a public sphere where professionals and the public exchange knowledge in order to improve journalistic discourse is currently considered utopian. Although communication 2.0 fosters equilibrium between journalists and the public, professionals have not yet found a way to get down from the pedestal that gives them access to official sources.
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