Abstract
Publishers of news information are keen to amplify the reach of their content by making it as re-sharable as possible on social media. In this work we study the relationship between the concept of social deviance and the re-sharing of news headlines by network gatekeepers on Twitter. Do network gatekeepers have the same predilection for selecting socially deviant news items as professionals Through a study of 8,000 news items across 8 major news outlets in the U.S. we predominately find that network gatekeepers re-share news items more often when they reference socially deviant events. At the same time we find and discuss exceptions for two outlets, suggesting a more complex picture where newsworthiness for networked gatekeepers may be moderated by other effects such as topicality or varying motivations and relationships with their audience..
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media, ICWSM 2014 |
| Publisher | The AAAI Press |
| Pages | 587-590 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781577356578 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2014 |
| Event | 8th International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media, ICWSM 2014 - Ann Arbor, United States Duration: Jun 1 2014 → Jun 4 2014 |
Other
| Other | 8th International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media, ICWSM 2014 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Ann Arbor |
| Period | 6/1/14 → 6/4/14 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications