News 2.0 - Journalists, Audiences and News on Social Media

Offers fresh insights and empirical evidence on the producers, consumers, and content of News 2.0

The second generation of news-News 2.0-made, distributed, and consumed on the internet, particularly social media, has forever changed the news business. News 2.0: Journalists, Audiences and News on Social Media examines 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.

Author 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