Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Twitter’S Role As The New Newswire; Why Journalists Should Break News Online, Eliza Mackintosh

Honors Theses and Capstones

This dissertation examines the role of Twitter as the new newswire in breaking news. The argument compares and contrasts the original wire telegraph as used for breaking news with the digital service of Twitter. The thesis investigates how journalists should effectively use Twitter to break news online, while discussing the implications of this shift for news media companies.

Comm-Entary, Spring 2012 - Full Issue

Comm-entary

In this issue:

Changing Perspectives: A Medium Analysis of the Lytro Light Field Camera by Kelly Martin

Corporate Media Elections of Justices by Matthew S. Jones

The Geek Mystique: How Cultural Oversight of Programming Language Rein forces Traditional Power Structures by Kendra Mack

Male Dancer by Katelyn E. Madden

Mealtime Routines as a Resource for Meaning-Making by Brittany Adelhardt

Production Variable Manipulation and the Viewer’s Response: A Grammar Perspective of No Country for Old Men by Rachel Pink

Media Representation of Redheaded Males, the Not-Quite-Other by Joe Roy

Silence and Suspense in No Country for Old Men: A Unique Western …