- Authors:
- Abstract:
- When news reporters connect people in a single news story or in a series of coherent news stories they essentially construct networks in the news media. Networks through which social actors are aligned symbolically in written, visible or audible form. These socio-symbolic networks not only copy more formal types of social networks, but also complement or even substitute social networking elsewhere, and as such this particular type of social network offers people both inside and outside the news room new potentials - and problems. This article describe the basic vision of networks in the news media and discuss the importance of this analytical framework when it comes to understanding prevailing forms and norms in contemporary journalism.
- Type:
- Conference paper
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Journalistik, sociale network, presse teorier; journalism, social networks, press theories
- Main Research Area:
- Social science
- Review type:
- Peer Review
- Conference:
- NordMedia2007 - 18th Nordic Conference for Media and Communication Research, 2007
- Submission year:
- 2007
- Scientific Level:
- Scientific
- ID:
- 2389073052