Journalism to Social Media .

Running head: JOURNALISM TO SOCIAL MEDIA
Journalism to Social Media
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Journal Article
Lewis, S. C., & Molyneux, L. (2018). A decade of research on social media and journalism:
Assumptions, blind spots, and a way forward. Media and Communication, 6(4), 11-23.
Summarising the Article
The article helps in describing the role of the journalism and the significance of the
same on social media. The article suggests that the journalists in the present scenario are
facing the different kinds of challenges with the usage of the new social media related
technologies. Broadly, this has helped in the overall analysis of the digital transformation
wherein the different kinds of surveys have been conducted which helped in understanding
that the journalists in the present scenario are using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook
and Snapchat which are treated as the different forms of the engagement between the
journalists and the audiences (Lewis & Molyneux,2018).
There are different assumptions which have been taken into consideration in the
article wherein the first aspect is that the social media is of net positive usage on the
journalists which will be beneficial for the bringing of greater transparency. This has been
noticed that the social media in the present scenario in journalism studies mainly focus on
change which will be for better achievement. Social media should allow journalism to create
a broader scope in the business environment as the it plays a vital role in circulating the
breaking news.
Social media is helpful in reflecting the reality which will be advantageous for
bringing the new characteristics such as interactive dialogue along with social interactions. It
is essential for the journalists in providing their views on the different kinds of aspects

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through Twitter. The logic behind the usage of Twitter is the actual modern version of
analysing the interviews which were conducted on streets that assisted in managing the
different viewpoints of the individuals. With the help of the social media aspects, this can be
seen that social media helps in bringing new kinds of characteristics such as interactive kind
of dialogue along with social interactions which will be beneficial for the overall success for
the journalisms in becoming more unique in sharing the information effectively.
Personal Opinion
In my personal opinion, I felt that journalism has been made easier in nature with the
implementation of social media tools in a suitable manner. In the last few years, this has been
noticed that social media has become dominant along with the growing source of news and
information for hundreds and millions of individuals around the overall world. The social
media concept is fast along with free which helps in making the story to reach to the different
individuals within a little period, and this is effective in becoming more competitive in the
respective world as well.
Secondly, this has been seen that digital journalism is dependent heavily on
advertising wherein the readers get free types of subscriptions on different social media
channels such as Facebook which is the primary traffic drivers for publications to receive the
news in a second and this is being delivered by the journalists to the individuals in the entire
market in an effective manner as well. Social media such as Twitter has allowed the
journalists by providing them with a chance to build a public profile which can be difficult in
the last few years.
However, in the present scenario, this has been seen and analysed that Facebook
along with Twitter allows the journalists to weigh on different topics and this helps in
recognising the different readers to put the face to a name in an efficient manner as well.