{"product_id":"news-2-0-isbn-9781119569664","title":"News 2.0","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffers fresh insights and empirical evidence on the producers, consumers, and content of News 2.0 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second generation of news—News 2.0—made, distributed, and consumed on the internet, particularly social media, has forever changed the news business. \u003ci\u003eNews 2.0: Journalists, Audiences and News on Social Media \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the ways in which news production is sometimes biased and how social networking sites (SNS) have become highly personalized news platforms that reflect users’ preferences and worldviews. Drawing from empirical evidence, this book provides a critical and analytical assessment of recent developments, major debates, and contemporary research on news, social media, and news organizations worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Ahmed Al-Rawi highlights how, despite the proliferation of news on social media, consumers are often confined within filter “bubbles.” Emphasizing non-Western media outlets, the text explores the content, audiences, and producers of News 2.0, and addresses direct impacts on democracy, politics, and institutions. Topics include viral news on SNS, celebrity journalists and branding, “fake news” discourse, and the emergence of mobile news apps as ethnic mediascapes. Integrating computational journalism methods and cross-national comparative research, this unique volume:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines different aspects of news bias such as news content and production, emphasizing news values theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAssesses how international media organizations including CNN, BBC, and RT address non-Western news audiences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses concepts such as audience fragmentation on social media, viral news, networked flak, clickbait, and internet bots\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmploys novel techniques in text mining such as topic modeling to provide a holistic overview of news selection\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNews 2.0: Journalists, Audiences and News on Social Media\u003c\/i\u003e is an innovative and illuminating resource for undergraduate and graduate students of media, communication, and journalism studies as well as media and communication scholars, media practitioners, journalists, and general readers with interest in the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 News 2.0 and New Technologies 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Content 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Social Networking Sites and News 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Fake News Discourses on SNS vs. MSM 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Audiences 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Social Media News Audiences 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Viral News on Social Media 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Producers 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Celebrity Journalists 2.0 and Branding 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Who Is Breaking News on Social Media? 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Mobile News 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Mobile News Apps as Ethnic Mediascapes 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 203\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAHMED AL-RAWI\u003c\/b\u003e is an Assistant Professor of News, Social Media, and Public Communication at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, Canada, and Director of the \u003ci\u003eDisinformation Project\u003c\/i\u003e, empirically examining fake news discourses in Canada on social media and mainstream media. He is the author of several books and over fifty peer reviewed book chapters and articles published in journals including \u003ci\u003eInformation, Communication \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOnline Information Review, Social Science Computer Review, and International Journal of Communication.\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffers fresh insights and empirical evidence on the producers, consumers, and content of News 2.0\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNews 2.0 has forever changed the news business. This second generation of news is made, distributed, and consumed on the internet, particularly social media. \u003ci\u003eNews 2.0: Journalists, Audiences, and News on Social Media\u003c\/i\u003e examines\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e the ways in which\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e news production is sometimes biased and how social networking sites (SNS) have become highly personalized news platforms that reflect users' preferences and worldviews. Drawing from empirical evidence, this book provides a critical and analytical assessment of recent developments, major debates, and contemporary research on news, social media, and news organizations worldwide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Ahmed Al-Rawi highlights how, despite the proliferation of news on social media, consumers are often confined within filter \"bubbles.\" Emphasizing non-Western media outlets, the text explores the content, audiences, and producers of News 2.0, and addresses direct impacts on democracy, politics, and institutions. Topics include viral news on SNS, celebrity journalists and branding, \"fake news\" discourse, and the emergence of mobile news apps as ethnic mediascapes. Integrating computational journalism methods and cross-national comparative research, this unique volume: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines different aspects of news bias such as news content and production, emphasizing news values theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAssesses how international media organizations including CNN, BBC, and RT address non-Western news audiences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses concepts such as audience fragmentation on social media, viral news, networked flak, clickbait, and internet bots\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmploys novel techniques in text mining such as topic modeling to provide a holistic overview of news selection\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNews 2.0: Journalists, Audiences, and News on Social Media\u003c\/i\u003e is an innovative and illuminating resource for undergraduate and graduate students of media, communication, and journalism studies as well as media and communication scholars, media practitioners, journalists, and general readers with interest in the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989688959205,"sku":"NP9781119569664","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119569664.jpg?v=1761785113","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/news-2-0-isbn-9781119569664","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}