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Facebook, Twitter, and Interactivity: Changes in the way society discusses news

Lohner, Jessica A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1338394504

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2012, Bachelor of Science of Journalism (BSJ), Ohio University, Journalism.
When new communication technologies are introduced into society, society changes. The Internet is one of these new technologies, and specifically social media. The Internet and social media have made it possible for anyone to talk to anyone, and for anyone to have conversations with anyone. Conversation could also be said to be interactive, and interactivity appears to be at the core of new media technologies, especially the Internet and social media. This paper explores how interactivity and social media have changed the way society discusses news, both through academic research as well as a survey conducted among undergraduate college students about their news consumption and social media habits, such as determining if they are indeed getting their news from social media, and if so, how often they are participating in interactive activities like commenting.
Hans K. Meyer, PhD (Advisor)
84 p.
Communication; Information Technology; Journalism; Mass Communications; Mass Media; Multimedia Communications; Sociology; Web Studies
social media; Facebook; Twitter; interactivity; society; news; Internet; Ohio University; Jessica Lohner; commenting; tweeting; retweeting; posting; communication technology

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  • Lohner, J. A. (2012). Facebook, Twitter, and Interactivity: Changes in the way society discusses news [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1338394504

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lohner, Jessica. Facebook, Twitter, and Interactivity: Changes in the way society discusses news. 2012. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1338394504.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lohner, Jessica. "Facebook, Twitter, and Interactivity: Changes in the way society discusses news." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1338394504

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