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Social marketing, PR insight & thought leadership - from The PR Coach
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March 22, 2016 11:25 AM
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Pew: Facebook and Twitter Becoming Influential Sources of News

Pew: Facebook and Twitter Becoming Influential Sources of News | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Facebook and Twitter are increasingly becoming news sources for its users, but news is not necessarily the reason why people are logging onto these social networking sites. It just so happens that news ends up being part of the social media experience.


That’s according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.


"One of the things we saw early on is the degree to which people describe this as 'incidental news...And that's something that's being reinforced." -- Amy Mitchell, director of journalism research for the Pew Research Center


The findings cement the fact that both users and news organizations must continue to wrestle with social media, its different features and their implications.


“Social media is certainly a part of Americans’ news streams, and it’s going to continue to be a part of that,” said Amy Mitchell, director of journalism research for the Pew Research Center.


“And the different ways people connect with these platforms will influence how they learn about their communities and the world.”...

Jeff Domansky's insight:

This just in... ;-)

jasmine moriah gabrielle hummel's curator insight, March 22, 2016 11:42 AM

This just in... ;-)

Mike Allen's curator insight, March 26, 2016 4:46 AM

This just in... ;-)

jasmine moriah gabrielle hummel's curator insight, April 6, 2016 7:36 PM
Does this mean Facebook and Twitter know everything in the world?
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January 8, 2016 11:50 PM
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Newsonomics: Setting the News Table for 2016

Newsonomics: Setting the News Table for 2016 | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

How can we set the table for 2016?

Advertising woes continue — deepen, actually. Whole new forms of storytelling open up and go mainstream more quickly. Virtual reality joins the harsher realities. Hundreds of millions in new investment develops alongside an equally strong belief that legacy media decline can be managed profitably.

The business of news remains a business like no other. On the other end of all the business machinations, fascinating as they can be, are the readers. They are veteran and young, mobile and stay-at-home, all trying to make sense of a wider world in paroxysms of change. It is their news diet — one that has consequences, especially in election years like 2016 in the U.S. — that matters most.

Let’s use that metaphor to start the year and preview what’s on the menu for the business of news in 2016....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Newsonomics looks ahead at what's on the menu for news in 2016.

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