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1 Journalist Roles on Twitter Annual conference of the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research (SACM), 26 - 27 March 2010 at Lucerne School of Business Jana Ebermann 1, Matthes Fleck 1, Miriam Meckel 1, Thomas Plotkowiak 1, Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva 1,2 1 Institut für Medien- und Kommunikationsmanagement, Universität St. Gallen 2 AJM, Universität Neuenburg

2 2 Introductory Video – Tagesschau on Twitter and Iran

3 3 Agenda Background on Twitter Theoretical Background of the study Research Methodology Results Limitations, Discussion, and Outlook

4 4 How Conversation on Twitter looks like

5 5 Emerging Media Ecosystem (Bowman & Willis 2005)

6 6 Theoretical Background Theory (Author)ContextConceptualization within Twitter Original "Two-Step flow of communication" (Katz & Lazarsfeld 1948/1955) Media impact studies, Psephology Information flow via opinion leaders Opinion Sharing Model (among others: Grefe & Müller 1976, Troldahl & Van 1965, Wright & Cantor 1967) Media impact studies Information via linked opinion leaders Brokerage and Closure (Burt) Intra and inter group communication processes (Weimann 1982) Network Science Search patterns for opinion leader within networks (in and between groups)

7 7 Methodology | Operationalization 1 Which Twitter accounts refer to Iran? 2 How is Mackey linked to accounts referring to Iran? 3 How does Mackey forward the information from the sources to his readers? 4 Which of Mackey's readers are interested in Iran? 5 How is Mackey connecting sources on Iran with his readership? ?? ???

8 8 1. Which are the most relevant twitter Iran accounts? Starting with 2 Mio tweets, we extracted the 100 most relevant Twitter Iran sources. *Webecology Project (Beilin et al. 2009) Period of data collection 07.06.2009 - 26.06.2009: 1 Over 2.000.000 Iran related tweets* 480.000 Twitter accounts 200 most active users 100 most relevant users #iranelection, #neda, #mousavi, #gr88 and keywords: Ahmadinejad, Rafsanjani,.. most tweets, most retweets at least 1 Iran keyword / tweet strongly Iran related user generated content

9 9 2. How is Mackey linked to accounts referring on Iran? Analysis of Mackey's friends (sources) on Twitter ??????? 2 Iran sources Robert Mackey

10 10 NY Times Washington Post Wired Iran sources Other Reuters 2 Robert Mackey's friends (sources) on Twitter 2. How is Mackey linked to accounts referring on Iran? Mackey has chosen 12 highly relevant Iran twitter sources.

11 11 robertmackey thelede TheLede Blog..NYT Blogs & sections … dedicated NYT twitter outlets @ mention friends on twitter New York Times context automatic tweet twitter account Blog or section legend: automatic tweet 3 Robert Mackeys Twitter Account(s) 3. How does Mackey forward the information from the sources to his readers? Mackey uses his blog to post about Iran and then links to his postings on Twitter.

12 12 The blog contains over 51 entries related to the Iran election Almost 60% of those blog entries show mentions of Twitter users. 469 tweets on the twitter account thelede link to the blog Mackey's personal account robertmackey contains mostly (92%) tweets mentioning the twitter account thelede Some examples: –"More from the Twitter feed of Persiankiwi, apparently finding a way to get online in Tehran: “We have heard what sounds like gunshots in distance. still have people on streets we have not heard from.” (Date 15.06.2009: Updates on Iran´s disputed election.) –"Earlier on Sunday one Iranian Twitter user, using the name Change_For_Iran, tweeted: “according to rumor mousavi requested all people to gather near his office at 12:30 pm today.” (Date13.06.2009, Landslide or Fraud? The debate online over Iran´s election results.) 3 3. How does Mackey forward the information from the sources to his readers? Almost 60% of his Iran related blog entries show mentions of Twitter users as sources.

13 13 ??????? 4 not interested interested 4. How interested are his readers in the Iran topic? Analysis of Mackey's followers (readers) on Twitter

14 14 not interested interested Size by keyword count 4 4. How interested are his readers in the Iran topic? Based on keyword usage, we identified non-interested, interested, and very interested readers.

15 15 5. How is Mackey connecting sources on Iran with his readers? Analysis of linkage between Iran sources and Mackey's Iran interested followers on Twitter. ????? ? 5 Iran sources Iran interested readers Very Iran interested readers

16 16 Iran sources Iran Interested readers Very Iran interested readers 5 Iran sources, Robert Mackey and his Iran interested followers on Twitter 5. How is Mackey connecting sources on Iran with his readers? For interested readers Mackey plays an intermediate role, but very interested readers prefer to use the original sources instead.

17 17 5.1 How is Mackey connecting sources on Iran with his readership? Can we find a group where the pattern of a broker is more emergent? ????? 5.1 Iran sources Iran interested NY Times colleagues

18 18 5.1 How is Mackey connecting sources on Iran with his readership? Robert Mackey acts as a broker for his colleagues, the NY Times journalists. Iran sources Iran Interested NY Times colleagues 5.1

19 19 Wrap up and Results Out of 480.000 Iran twitterers, we extracted the 100 most relevant Twitter sources contributing to this topic. Mackey himself has chosen 12 highly relevant Iran twitter sources. Almost 60% of his Iran related blog entries show mentions of twitter users as sources. He uses his blog to post about Iran topics and then links to his postings on twitter. Based on keyword usage, his Iran interested twitter followers can be categorized into interested and very interested readers. While Mackey plays an intermediate role for interested readers, very interested readers prefer to use the original sources instead. For his colleagues - the group of Iran interested NY Times journalists - Robert Mackey acts as strong intermediary. ? ???

20 20 Limitations & Implications Limitations –Single-case design, –Other sources than Twitter exist Implications –Practical Twitter as an outlet for journalists (binding element among social media platforms) Interconnected media ecosystem with varying roles in media production and consumption processes Journalists can save cognitive work for their readers by selecting the right sources and professionally filtering content. Building one's own brand as a trusted expert becomes more relevant. –Theoretical Social Media Journalism allows for new roles Opinion leader theory provides search patterns for roles in networks Roles are not as strict as with original formulated theory (Burts) –Methodological Twitter is a valuable source to researchers Closed platform architecture allows easy and complete data acquisition.

21 21 Thank you for your attention

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