Blurring boundaries: Exploring tweets as a legitimate journalism artifact

被引：5

作者：

Liu, Zhaoxi ^{[1
]}

Berkowitz, Dan ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Trinity Univ, Dept Commun, One Trinity Pl, San Antonio, TX 78212 USA

[2] Univ Iowa, Sch Journalism & Mass Commun, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA

来源：

JOURNALISM | 2020年 / 21卷 / 05期

关键词：

Artifact boundary; boundary work; newsroom ethnography; social media; Twitter; SOCIAL MEDIA; NEWS; TWITTER;

D O I：

10.1177/1464884918775073

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

This study explores journalists' use of Twitter and what it means for their craft. Based on 8 weeks newsroom observation and more than a dozen in-depth interviews with reporters and editors at a big metro newspaper, the study found that journalists had contradicting views on whether or not to accept tweets, a form of snippet artifact, as a legitimate journalism artifact, leading to the blurring artifact boundary. Related, journalists faced uncertainties and ambiguities regarding the implications of such snippet artifact for the journalism craft and its core mission of informing the public.

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页码：652 / 669

页数：18