{"product_id":"9781119569664","title":"News 2.0 Journalists, Audiences and News on Social Media","description":"\u003ch1\u003eNews 2.0\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eJournalists, Audiences and News on Social Media\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAhmed Al-Rawi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Media Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 July 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119569664\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44384850542732,"sku":"9781119569664","price":44.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119569664.jpg?v=1780197281","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781119569664","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}