Twitter is an increasingly popular platform for information\nand news sharing. Prior research has studied the evolving usage behaviors of\nthis new platform. Bagdouri aimed to\nprovide a bird\u2019s eye view of journalists\u2019 use of twitter by collecting and\nanalyzing a large dataset of tweets from two regions, three user account\ncategory types, and three media types. The paper explores and compares the\ndifferences in usage between these groups with these characteristics, using\nmore data and carrying out a more comprehensive analysis than previous work.\nThe following questions were asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-Do journalists engage personally with their audience compared\nto new organizations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-Do observations about English journalists apply to journalists\nfrom different regional, cultural, and lingual backgrounds?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-Do journalists use Twitter in a manner dissimilar from news\nconsumers, and do these (dis)similarities hold across different regions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-Are journalists a homogeneous group, or do they differ as a\nfunction of the type of the news outlet they work for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-To which extent do journalists who speak the same language,\nbut belong to different countries share similar characteristic? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bagdouri collected a\nlarge set of tweets and extracted eighteen features with which the analysis was\nperformed. Journalists were found to exhibit more targeted, personalized behavior,\nwhile news organizations more commonly use a more official, formalized style.\nArab journalists were also found to share more tweets than English journalists\nand their audience appears to react positively. Finally, print and radio journalists\nwere found to be the most distinguishable groups, while television and radio\njournalists exhibit similar behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bagdouri made some interesting conclusions related to\nTwitter use, but I felt that more explanation could have been included to\nsuggest what the impact of the work is. It was mentioned in the introduction\nthat the findings of the paper could be used to design more customized tools for\nthe referenced group of professionals. However, it is unclear to me what tools are\nbeing referred to or how they could be customized. Could Twitter use these\nfindings related to specific user groups to develop new features for these\nparticular users?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I would be interested in seeing additional work exploring\nthe impact of the differences in communication styles between journalists and\nnews organizations. In particular, how do audiences respond to more formalized,\nofficial communication compared to more personal messages? A study looking at\ntweets with identical content but different writing styles would be\ninteresting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, future work could focus on why Arab journalists\nwere found to tweet twice as often, share 75% more links and include 39% more\nhashtags. What are the contributing factors? Arab audiences were found to still\nhave a positive reaction to the greater number of tweets, but additional analysis\nof audience perceptions could be carried out. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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