Professional intervention and organizational incorporation: examining journalistic use of microblogs in two Chinese newsrooms

• Main Authors: Cui, Di, Lin, Trisha Tsui-Chuan
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80889; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38870
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Existing research has widely accounted the influence of microblogs on traditional news production, but less attention has been paid to how microblogs are socially constructed in newsrooms. Taking the social constructivist approach, this study explored the professional and organizational construction...