ONLINE MEDIA AND JOURNALISM ON SOCIAL NETWORKS - CASE STUDY SOCIAL NETWORK FACEBOOK Cover Image

ONLINE MEDIJI I NOVINARSTVO NA DRUŠTVENIM MREŽAMA - ISTRAŽIVANJE NA PRIMJERU DRUŠTVENE MREŽE FACEBOOK
ONLINE MEDIA AND JOURNALISM ON SOCIAL NETWORKS - CASE STUDY SOCIAL NETWORK FACEBOOK

Author(s): Siniša Kovačić, Ilija Musa, Zoran Tomić
Subject(s): Media studies, Communication studies, Theory of Communication
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru
Keywords: online media; social networks; fake news; media manipulation; sources of information; digital marketing; public interest

Summary/Abstract: Media and journalism have survived revolutionary changes through development of internet and information and communications technologies while the multimedia character of news processing has changed forms of collecting, production, editing and publishing news. The case study on the Facebook editing policies of the ten most widely read news portals in Croatia confirms that traditional journalism values, good and objective journalism are under strong pressure of productivity, efficiency and profitability and that online media are becoming more dependent on social networks. News portals abundantly use clickbaiting and other manipulative techniques in order to increase readership of the social media posts or increase virality of some “soft” news. The influence of news portals grows with everyday increase of the number of followers in social networks, whereas dominance of Facebook is significantly higher and it is not under question for the time being.

  • Issue Year: XIV/2019
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 7-29
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Croatian