How news organizations misuse Twitter

Self-promotion — not community engagement — seems to guide the tweets of 13 news organizations studied in a new report from the Pew Research Center. "The news content posted, moreover, matches closely the news events given priority on the news organizations' legacy platforms," the report said. Comments from Poynter here and here, plus 10,000 Words, and Nieman Journalism Lab.

November 21, 2011

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