{"id":1763,"date":"2012-09-17T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T00:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mappingonlinepublics.net\/?p=1763"},"modified":"2012-09-15T16:29:01","modified_gmt":"2012-09-15T06:29:01","slug":"new-article-on-twitter-and-journalism-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mappingonlinepublics.net\/dev\/2012\/09\/17\/new-article-on-twitter-and-journalism-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"New Article on Twitter and Journalism in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m please to say that a new article of mine has been published in Media International Australia<\/em> (which means I\u2019ve now had articles in consecutive MIA<\/em> issues\u2026). The issue in question, on \u201cThe \u2018New\u2019 News\u201d, was edited by my QUT colleagues Stephen Harrington and Brian McNair, and looks like a bumper collection of exciting work \u2013 full details are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My article is on the use of Twitter<\/em> by Australian journalists, looking especially at the Rudd\/Gillard leadership spill in June 2010, and the federal election night in August. Below is the abstract \u2013 the full article is here<\/a>, and a pre-print version is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Journalists and Twitter<\/em>: How Australian News Organisations Adapt to a New Medium<\/h1>\n

From the substantial volume of tweets during the Rudd\/Gillard spill, the 2010 election campaign, and the screening of Q&A episodes to Australian<\/em> editor Chris Mitchell\u2019s threat to sue journalism academic Julie Posetti for reporting on statements about him at an academic conference, Twitter<\/em> has developed an increasingly visible presence in Australian journalism. While detractors like Mitchell remain vocal, many other journalists have begun to explore manageable approaches to incorporating Twitter<\/em> into their work practices, and for some \u2013 like the ABC\u2019s \u2018star recruits\u2019 Annabel Crabb and Latika Bourke \u2013 it has already become a career driver.<\/p>\n

Building on the data generated by a continuing, three-year ARC Discovery project, this article examines the tweeting practices of selected high-profile Australian journalists during significant political events, and explores their positioning within and interactions with the wider network of Australian Twitter<\/em> users. It employs innovative data processing approaches to assess the centrality of these professional journalists to the networks of Australians discussing the news on Twitter<\/em>, and places these observations in a wider context of journalist\/audience relations, a decade after the emergence of the first citizen journalism Websites.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m please to say that a new article of mine has been published in Media International Australia (which means I\u2019ve now had articles in consecutive MIA issues\u2026). The issue in question, on \u201cThe \u2018New\u2019 News\u201d, was edited by my QUT colleagues Stephen Harrington and Brian McNair, and looks like a bumper collection of exciting work … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “New Article on Twitter and Journalism in Australia”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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