Since the Democrats were successful in using social networking sites (SNSs) to mobilize
support among voters in the 2008 Presidential election (eg, Charles, 2012), social …

Community media maintain a tradition of interaction, yet, few studies focus on digital
operations at smaller publications. This study indicates direct communication matters more …

This chapter discusses the question of whether audience members become loyal toward a
media brand when sharing, liking or commenting on online media content—or are loyal …

Community media is the media that is most immediate, as well as the media that is most
trusted. In student media, journalists serve specialized communities in settings that can …

This research is to examine the relationship between the quality of news content on Twitter
and the news reading interest of its users. After Twitter was introduced in 2006, certain …

The Web 2.0 era increasingly relies on submissions of content from non-professionals and
interaction between the masses. Community newspapers work within a changing media …

In this digital era, there are many channels that have opened for the creation and distribution
of information, especially under the moniker of “news.” This new wave of journalism is …

Given the growing reliance on online news and complexity of different forms of digital news,
news consumers might be confused as to which sources of news are credible providers of …

This research focuses on what small newspapers are doing to innovate online and how they
are able to do it. In-depth, semi-structured interviews with 12 editors at small, community …

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First off, I'd like to thank the 12 participants in this study who
agreed to speak with me. Their candor and insight was very much appreciated. A thank you …