Abstract
Social media are popular tools for both reporters and citizens in search of first-hand information. A traditional news reporter covering an unfolding event through using the first hand reporting and also calling up people for sources. Yet in the case of Occupy Central, through in-depth interviews with frontline journalists during the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong from September 28, 2014 to December 15, 2014, we examine how social media (Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram) affect the way news is gathered and disseminated in the midst of an unfolding event. The effect of Internet has been the other sources that reporters would use and they relied heavily on that to develop their news stories.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 11 Jun 2016 |
| Event | 66th Annual International Communication Association Conference, ICA 2016: Communicating With Power - Fukuoka, Japan Duration: 9 Jun 2016 → 13 Jun 2016 https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ica/ica16/ |
Conference
| Conference | 66th Annual International Communication Association Conference, ICA 2016 |
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| Country/Territory | Japan |
| City | Fukuoka |
| Period | 9/06/16 → 13/06/16 |
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User-Defined Keywords
- News Boundary
- News Gathering
- Media Coverage
- Occupy Central
- Social Media