Working for the Devil : A Case Study on Social Media Use in Journalism in Iceland and Sweden
This case study presents research on social media operations in the news media in lceland and Sweden. Social media channels have become a big part of everyday life in western countries and have simultaneously become a big part of how individuals consume news. This case study looks into how social me...
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ftkthstockholm:oai:DiVA.org:kth-320374 2023-05-15T16:47:29+02:00 Working for the Devil : A Case Study on Social Media Use in Journalism in Iceland and Sweden Stefánsson, Ingólfur 2022 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-320374 eng eng KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS) TRITA-EECS-EX 2022:376 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-320374 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess social media journalism Nordic media digital media news reporting sociala medier journalistik nordiska medier digitala medier nyhetsrapportering Computer and Information Sciences Data- och informationsvetenskap Student thesis info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis text 2022 ftkthstockholm 2022-10-26T22:29:27Z This case study presents research on social media operations in the news media in lceland and Sweden. Social media channels have become a big part of everyday life in western countries and have simultaneously become a big part of how individuals consume news. This case study looks into how social media channels are utilised in everyday work at legacy media companies and how media professionals perceive the effects of these channels on the news industry in Iceland and Sweden. The case study consists of interviews with six media professionals from six legacy media companies in Iceland and Sweden. Results show that legacy news media companies are cautious towards being reliant on social media channels in their operations but are dependent on using social media channels to some extent as public discourse is increasingly taking place on these channels. I denna fallstudie presenteras forskning om sociala medier i nyhetsmedier på Island och i Sverige. Sociala mediekanaler har blivit en stor del av vardagen i västländerna och har samtidigt blivit en stor del av hur individer konsumerar nyheter. Denna fallstudie undersöker hur sociala mediekanaler används i det dagliga arbetet på medieföretag och hur mediefolk uppfattar effekterna av dessa kanaler på nyhetsbranschen på Island och i Sverige. Fallstudien består av intervjuer med sex medieexperter från sex medieföretag på Island och i Sverige. Resultaten visar att nyhetsmedieföretag är försiktiga med att vara beroende av sociala mediekanaler i sin verksamhet, men att de är beroende av att använda sociala mediekanaler i viss utsträckning eftersom den offentliga diskursen i allt högre grad äger rum på dessa kanaler. Bachelor Thesis Iceland Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm: KTHs Publication Database DiVA |
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This case study presents research on social media operations in the news media in lceland and Sweden. Social media channels have become a big part of everyday life in western countries and have simultaneously become a big part of how individuals consume news. This case study looks into how social media channels are utilised in everyday work at legacy media companies and how media professionals perceive the effects of these channels on the news industry in Iceland and Sweden. The case study consists of interviews with six media professionals from six legacy media companies in Iceland and Sweden. Results show that legacy news media companies are cautious towards being reliant on social media channels in their operations but are dependent on using social media channels to some extent as public discourse is increasingly taking place on these channels. I denna fallstudie presenteras forskning om sociala medier i nyhetsmedier på Island och i Sverige. Sociala mediekanaler har blivit en stor del av vardagen i västländerna och har samtidigt blivit en stor del av hur individer konsumerar nyheter. Denna fallstudie undersöker hur sociala mediekanaler används i det dagliga arbetet på medieföretag och hur mediefolk uppfattar effekterna av dessa kanaler på nyhetsbranschen på Island och i Sverige. Fallstudien består av intervjuer med sex medieexperter från sex medieföretag på Island och i Sverige. Resultaten visar att nyhetsmedieföretag är försiktiga med att vara beroende av sociala mediekanaler i sin verksamhet, men att de är beroende av att använda sociala mediekanaler i viss utsträckning eftersom den offentliga diskursen i allt högre grad äger rum på dessa kanaler. |
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Working for the Devil : A Case Study on Social Media Use in Journalism in Iceland and Sweden |
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Working for the Devil : A Case Study on Social Media Use in Journalism in Iceland and Sweden |
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Working for the Devil : A Case Study on Social Media Use in Journalism in Iceland and Sweden |
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working for the devil : a case study on social media use in journalism in iceland and sweden |
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