Trends of Online News in <i>Facebook</i>

Authors

  •  Santosh Kumar Biswal Assistant Professor, Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (SIMC), Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune
  •  Uttam Chakraborty Assistant Professor, Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (SIMC), Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53739/samvad/2019/v18/146010

Keywords:

<i>Facebook</i>, Online News, Gatekeeping, Participation.

Abstract

With the advent of social media especially Facebook, news has been redefined. Audiences like commenting and sharing news in the virtual reality. The discourse of democratization of news, citizen journalism and virtual community identity has been the order of the day. Political economy of media and participatory news culture has been the dominant narratives in online news posts in social media. This paper attempts to unravel the space of news posts in Facebook in the light of gatekeeping, political economy of media, community identity and newer relationship among the audiences in the virtual reality

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Santosh Kumar Biswal, Assistant Professor, Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (SIMC), Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune

Santosh Kumar Biswal is Assistant Professor with Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (SIMC), Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune. Earlier he has worked with Andhra Loyola College (Autonomous), Vijayawada and Hindustan Times, New Delhi. His research interests include digital media, journalism and development communication.    
 

Uttam Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (SIMC), Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune

Uttam Chakraborty has done Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK). He is Assistant Professor with Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune. He has published scholarly articles in reputed journals like, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing, Journal of Promotion Management.

Downloads

Published

2019-09-30

How to Cite

(1)
Biswal, S. K.; Chakraborty, U. Trends of Online News in <i>Facebook< I>. samvad 2019, 18, 79-83.

Issue

Volume 18, (Special Issue), September 2019

Section

Articles

References

American Press Institute. (2015, March 16). How Millennials Get News: Inside the habits of America's first digital generation. Retrieved from February 5, 2019, https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/reports/survey-research/millennials-news/.

Anderson, M. & Caumont, A. (2014). How social media is reshaping news. Pew. Research Centre. Retrieved from July 12, 2019, https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/09/24/how-social-media-is-reshaping-news/.

Barzilai-Nahon, K. (2009). Gatekeeping: A critical review. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 43, 433-478. https://doi.org/10.1002/aris.2009.1440430117

Biswal, S.K. (October-December, 2016). The sun shines bright on digital platforms. Vidura, 8(4), 10-11.

Biswal, S.K. (2017). Community Blogging' in the module. In: Community Media and Society. e- PG Pathshala. New Delhi: MHRD Project. Retrieved from March 2, 2019, http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ahl.php?csrno=24.

Biswal, S.K. (2019). Exploring the Role of Citizen Journalism in Rural India. Media Watch, 10, 43-54.

Bulatova, M., Kungurova, O. & Shtukina, E. (2019). Recognizing the Role of Blogging as a Journalistic Practice in Kazakhstan. Media Watch, 10(2), 374-386. https://doi.org/10.15655/mw/2019/v10i2/49628.

Bunz, M. (2009, September 18). How social networking is changing journalism. The Guardian. Retrieved from July 12, 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2009/sep/18/oxford-social-media-convention-2009-journalism-blogs.

Caple, H. & Bednarek, M. (2013). Delving into the Discourse: Approaches to News Values in Journalism Studies and Beyond. Working Paper. Oxford: The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:1f5c6d91-bb1f-4278-a160-66149ecfb36b.

Chakraborty, U. & Bhat, S. (2018a). Online reviews and its impact on brand equity. International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising, 12(2), 159-180. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIMA.2018.090953

Chakraborty, U. & Bhat, S. (2018b). Effect of Credible Reviews on Brand Image: A Mixed Method Approach. IIM Kozhikode Society and Management Review, 7(1), 13-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/2277975217733873

Chakraborty, U. & Bhat, S. (2019). Are Online Opinion Leaders and Seekers Distinct? A Study on Consumer Electronics Industry in India. Global Business Review, 20(3), 813-825. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972150919837093

Gillmor, D. (2006). We the media: Grassroots journalism by the people, for the people. Beijing; Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly; p. 299. https://archive.org/details/wethemediagillmor

Gupta, A. & Dhami, A. (2015). Measuring the impact of security, trust and privacy in information sharing: A study on social networking sites. Journal of Direct, Data and Digital Marketing Practice, 17(1), 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1057/dddmp.2015.32

Huizer, E., Shah, S.I., Arroyo OBE, J., Okorafor, U.N. & MacKinnon, R. (2017). A Brave New World: How the Internet Affects Societies. Internet Society. Retrieved from July 11, 2019. https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2017/a-brave-new-world-how-the-internet-affects-societies/

Jenkins, H. (2006). Convergence culture: Where old and new Media Cpllide. NY: New York University Press; p. 308. https://www.hse.ru/data/2016/03/15/1127638366/Henry%20Jenkins%20Convergence%20culture%20where%20old%20and%20new%20media%20collide%20%202006.pdf

Kalogeropoulos, A. & Newman, N. (2017). ‘I Saw the News on Facebook' Brand Attribution when Accessing News from Distributed Environments. Digital News Project 2017. Retrieved from January 5, 2019. https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2017-07/Brand%20attributions%20report.pdf.

Kantar Media. (2018). News in social media and messaging apps. Retrieved from March 10, 2019, https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2018-09/KM%20RISJ%20News%20in%20social%20media%20and%20messaging%20apps%20report%20_0.pdf

Kietzmann, J.H., HermkensIan, K., McCarthy, P. & Silvestre, B.S. (2011). Business Horizons, 54(3), 241-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2011.01.005

Kirkpatrick, G. (2008). Technology and Social Power. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-02014-7

Paskin, D. (2018). News publishing across platforms: Gatekeeping for print, web, Facebook and Twitter. Newspaper Research Journal, 39(4), 376-388. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739532918806897.

Socialbakers (2019). India Social Marketing Reports. Retrieved from March 12, 2019, https://www.socialbakers.com/statistics/facebook/pages/total/india/

The Economic Times (2019, March 6). Internet users in India to reach 627 million in 2019: Report. Retrieved from June 11, 2019, https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/internet-users-in-india-to-reach-627-million-in2019-report/articleshow/68288868.cms?from=mdr.

Vriens, E. & Ingen, E.V. (2017 August). Does the rise of the Internet bring erosion of strong ties? Analyses of social media use and changes in core discussion networks. New Media and Society, 20(7), 2432-2449. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444817724169. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444817724169. PMid: 30581363, PMCid: PMC6256723.

Weiss, D. (2018). Political Economy of Media. In Mike Allen (Ed.). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483381411.n442. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483381411.n442.

Yusuf Ahmed, I.S., Idid, S.A. & Ahmad, Z.A. (2018). News Consumption through SNS Platforms: Extended Motivational Model. Media Watch, 9(1)18-36. https://doi.org/10.15655/mw/2018/v9i1/49280