How journalists verify user-generated content during terrorist crises. Analyzing Twitter communication during the Brussels attacks
Social media, and Twitter in particular, have become important sources for journalists in times of crises. User-generated content (UGC) can provide journalists with on-site information and material they otherwise would not have access to. But how they source and verify UGC has not yet been systemati...
Main Authors: | Adrian Rauchfleisch, Xenia Artho, Julia Metag, Senja Post, Mike S. Schäfer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-06-01
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Series: | Social Media + Society |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305117717888 |
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