Impact of Social media on TV Journalism: A study with reference to Twitter and Face book
Abstract
We are living in the age of digitalization. Social Media is making remarkable presence in the contemporary society. Various platforms of social media are used by journalism industry. Social Media plays an important role in the flow of information. Social Media has changed the world and revolutionized the media industry in such a way that how the information is stored, shared, published and consumed.
The TV news channels are very popular, influential and have the potential to raise the voice of voiceless people. Common People have strong presence in social media. They read, write, and react on various issues through their social media plate forms. This is good for democracy. On one side social media promotes good governance so other side fake news is created and shared by social media. So TV news channels are producing social media based programs.
TV viewers can actively participate while watching a TV program by posting comments online. In the 2020's, many television producers and broadcasters encourage active social media participation by viewers by posting "hash tags" on the TV screen during shows; these “hash tags” enable viewers to post online comments about the show, which may either be read by other social media users, or even, in some cases, displayed on the screen during the show.
What makes Social Media of particular interest to journalism is how it has become influential as a tool of breaking news. The pace and reach of digital coverage of major news stories over the past decade such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Hudson River plane crash in January 2009 and the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in 2011 demonstrate the growing power of social media.
This research paper explains how social media revolution has changed or changing the TV news programming? The research is focusing on the current state of TV news media and social media. The popular social media tools and there use by TV news channels are also discussed through this paper.
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