When to start freaking out : audience engagement on social media during disease outbreaks
Thesis: S.M. in Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2018.
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| author | Dave, Aashka |
| author2 | Edward Schiappa. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1179022022-07-26T16:23:48Z When to start freaking out : audience engagement on social media during disease outbreaks Audience engagement on social media during disease outbreaks Dave, Aashka Edward Schiappa. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Humanities. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing Comparative Media Studies. Humanities. Thesis: S.M. in Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2018. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-106). As the media landscape in the United States has shifted and changed, the emphasis placed on digital technologies - particularly with respect to audience engagement - has become increasingly noteworthy. However, when situated against a backdrop of risk communications and sensationalized spectacle, such an emphasis also becomes concerning. This thesis examines the audience engagement considerations and practices of the media industry at present through a discussion of current social media policies and practices, a discussion of the affordances and constraints of social media as they relate to public health communications concerns, and an analysis of the affective implications of the heavy emphasis placed on images used on social media. This breakdown is partnered with a data-oriented exploration of U.S. audience trends and U.S. media coverage of the 2014 Ebola and 2015-2017 Zika outbreaks to underscore the perception gap that U.S. audiences are contending with. In doing so, I use a theoretical framework of sensationalism, gatekeeping, and media figurations to argue that audience engagement is not merely a journalistic, revenue-oriented concern - it is a public health concern too. by Aashka Dave. S.M. in Comparative Media Studies 2018-09-17T15:49:16Z 2018-09-17T15:49:16Z 2018 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117902 1051218370 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 106 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| title | When to start freaking out : audience engagement on social media during disease outbreaks |
| title_full | When to start freaking out : audience engagement on social media during disease outbreaks |
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| title_short | When to start freaking out : audience engagement on social media during disease outbreaks |
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| topic | Comparative Media Studies. Humanities. |
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