The Russian-sponsored Internet Research Agency's (IRA) use of social media to influence
US political discourse is undoubtedly troubling. However, scholarly attention has focused on …

Citizen journalism was initially practiced via mass media. This is because citizens trusted
mass media as an independent information channel, and social media like Twitter was …

In this paper, we examine the inverse and converging movement of two sets of institutions:
news organizations, as they find that part of their mission necessarily includes hosting an …

From hashtag activism to the flood of political memes on social media, the landscape of
political communication is being transformed by the grassroots circulation of opinion on …

Place can be generally defined as a location that has been assigned meaning through
human experience, and as such it is of multidisciplinary scientific interest. Up to this point …

This paper studies how stakeholder relationships change when an organization undergoes
a crisis as compared to routine circumstances. During crises, the stakeholder relationships …

Influencers have monopolized media attention in recent years, the result of a long process
lasting two decades dating from the rise of blogging at the beginning of the twenty-first …

This study examines the news selection practices followed by news organizations through
investigating the news posted on social networking sites and, in particular, the Facebook …

Political journalists rely heavily on their occupational status and reputation. This article
addresses how political journalists negotiate their standing and enforce their legitimacy on …

Responding to the long-standing interest of new media scholars in online participation as a
mechanism for political and cultural democracy and empowerment, this article elaborates a …