A Twitter Revolution in Breaking News

Bennett, Daniel

Abstract

Download This Paper | Share | Email |Add to Briefcase

A Twitter Revolution in Breaking News

Daniel Bennett

War Studies Department, King's College London

April 5, 2011

R. Keeble & J. Mair (eds.), Face The Future: Tools for the Modern Media Age, (Abramis, 2011)

Abstract:
Twitter facilitates the spread of news and information enabling individuals to combat censorship and undermine the stranglehold of state-controlled media. It is undoubtedly playing a significant role in a rapidly evolving digital media landscape and 21st century politics. But journalists’ dubbing of the events in Moldova, Iran, Tunisia and Egypt as “Twitter revolutions” is perhaps more reflective of the experience of their own changing working practices than the politics on the ground. It points to a Twitter revolution occurring in the newsrooms of media organisations, evident in the increasing importance of Twitter for journalists covering breaking news stories.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 11

Keywords: Twitter, news, media, journalism, revolution

JEL Classification: L82

Accepted Paper Series

Download This Paper

Date posted: April 15, 2012

Suggested Citation

Bennett, Daniel, A Twitter Revolution in Breaking News (April 5, 2011). R. Keeble & J. Mair (eds.), Face The Future: Tools for the Modern Media Age, (Abramis, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2038880

Contact Information

Daniel Bennett (Contact Author)

War Studies Department, King's College London ( email )

United Kingdom