Twitter journalism in Ireland: sourcing and trust in the age of social media*

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1194-1213

  Heravi, Bahareh Rahmanzadeh ^a   Harrower, Natalie ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Digital Repository of Ireland Royal Irish Academy   (Ireland)

Author keywords

data journalism; journalism; news; Social journalism; social media; sourcing; trust; Twitter; verification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973163579     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2016.1187649     Document Type: Article

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