Elite retweets, opinions and engagement: the use Twitter by South African journalist Barry Bateman

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dc.contributor.advisorWalton, Marionen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGranger, Lauren Claireen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-02T09:57:16Z
dc.date.available2014-09-02T09:57:16Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study examines how Twitter is used by South African journalist Barry Bateman to share news, report from events and communicate with his audience for two months (from 13 May to 13 July 2013). Content analysis and social network analysis are used to investigate the tweets, the responses he receives and discussions he is involved with on the social network site. While Bateman uses his Twitter account primarily to share the posts of other professional journalists and to promote his own work, organisation and colleagues, he also answers individual questions from users, going beyond the uni-directional model of journalism to engage in conversations and share resources. Bateman's use of Twitter also raises questions about how journalists negotiate the boundaries of the personal and professional on a medium where posting opinion is the norm, and how individuals with influence on the social network site can help 'the rich get richer' by highlighting other popular and powerful users.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGranger, L. C. (2013). <i>Elite retweets, opinions and engagement: the use Twitter by South African journalist Barry Bateman</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6845en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGranger, Lauren Claire. <i>"Elite retweets, opinions and engagement: the use Twitter by South African journalist Barry Bateman."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6845en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGranger, L. 2013. Elite retweets, opinions and engagement: the use Twitter by South African journalist Barry Bateman. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Granger, Lauren Claire AB - This study examines how Twitter is used by South African journalist Barry Bateman to share news, report from events and communicate with his audience for two months (from 13 May to 13 July 2013). Content analysis and social network analysis are used to investigate the tweets, the responses he receives and discussions he is involved with on the social network site. While Bateman uses his Twitter account primarily to share the posts of other professional journalists and to promote his own work, organisation and colleagues, he also answers individual questions from users, going beyond the uni-directional model of journalism to engage in conversations and share resources. Bateman's use of Twitter also raises questions about how journalists negotiate the boundaries of the personal and professional on a medium where posting opinion is the norm, and how individuals with influence on the social network site can help 'the rich get richer' by highlighting other popular and powerful users. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Elite retweets, opinions and engagement: the use Twitter by South African journalist Barry Bateman TI - Elite retweets, opinions and engagement: the use Twitter by South African journalist Barry Bateman UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6845 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/6845
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGranger LC. Elite retweets, opinions and engagement: the use Twitter by South African journalist Barry Bateman. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6845en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Film and Media Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleElite retweets, opinions and engagement: the use Twitter by South African journalist Barry Batemanen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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