Examining News Engagement on Facebook: Effects of News Content and Social Networks on News Engagement

2021 ◽  
pp. 26-50
Author(s):  
Victoria Y. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
News Content

scholarly journals Recurrent Narratives Around the COVID-19 Crisis in Social Networks: A Case Study Analysis on Facebook

Tripodos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (47) ◽  
pp. 11-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Venetia Papa ◽  
Theodora A. Maniou
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Study Analysis ◽  
Crucial Importance ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
News Content ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Crisis Events ◽  
Dominant Narratives

In recent years, social networks have played a significant role during major crisis events as citizens use these net­works to seek information, discuss and share personal news stories, while in­teracting with other users regarding issues related to the perceived crisis. As a result, news content posted on social networks is of crucial importance since it can affect public opinion in various ways. The aim of this study is to as­sess dominant narratives generated through users’ reactions towards news content posted on Facebook so as to examine the role of Facebook during the global crisis of COVID-19. Drawing from different aspects of crisis commu­nication theory and audience-centered studies, this work seeks to investigate the constructed meanings related to this crisis and interpret users’ under­standing of news content posted on social networks. Content analysis is employed as a means to evaluate Face­book’s potential in (re)defining users’ narratives regarding issues related to COVID-19. Keywords: COVID-19, Facebook, crisis, users’ narratives, news stories.    

Media Communications on the Internet

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 77-81
Author(s):  
Е. Чилингир ◽  
E. Chilingir ◽  
И. Мытько ◽  
I. Myt'ko
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
News Content ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Communications ◽  
Information Channels

The article describes the changes in the processes of formation of the news information picture of the readership at the beginning of the XXI century. The stages of development of media communications on the Internet, caused by the emergence of new information channels, have been identified. At the first stage, up to 2005, the actively developing online media formed the information field. After 2005, the blogosphere is added to the media, the informational picture begins to be influenced by the phenomenon of “people’s journalism”. After 2010, social networks are included in the distribution of media products. Since 2017, the distribution, and then the production of news content is moved to instant messengers.

Multilayer Social Networks

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Dickison ◽  
Matteo Magnani ◽  
Luca Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Multilayer Social Networks

Hostility and Perceptions of Support in Ambiguous Social Interactions

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana-Maria Vranceanu ◽  
Linda C. Gallo ◽  
Laura M. Bogart
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Information Processing ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Processing Bias ◽  
Information Processing Bias

The present study investigated whether a social information processing bias contributes to the inverse association between trait hostility and perceived social support. A sample of 104 undergraduates (50 men) completed a measure of hostility and rated videotaped interactions in which a speaker disclosed a problem while a listener reacted ambiguously. Results showed that hostile persons rated listeners as less friendly and socially supportive across six conversations, although the nature of the hostility effect varied by sex, target rated, and manner in which support was assessed. Hostility and target interactively impacted ratings of support and affiliation only for men. At least in part, a social information processing bias could contribute to hostile persons' perceptions of their social networks.

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