Two New Concepts: Journalism and Social Media

Robert W. Gehl

Robert W. Gehl

Journalism

Based on Salter, 2005

Robert W. Gehl

Journalism

Journalism critically and independently uncovers facts about the world in order to communicate those facts to the public so that the public can make informed decisions

Robert W. Gehl

Social Media

My own definition (critiques welcome!)

Robert W. Gehl

Social Media

Social media are bounded, masspersonal communication systems that allow users to 1) engage in activities such as posting, “liking,” and boosting media objects; and 2) make declarations of social relationships. In social media, most of the content is created by the users.

Robert W. Gehl

Here are my notes for this slide. They should not appear in the actual presentation, but they will appear in presentation view.