The Evolving Role of Social Media as News Outlet: Opportunities and Threats (Case study of Media Indonesia and Harian Kompas)

Bangun, Cendera Rizky Anugrah (2017) The Evolving Role of Social Media as News Outlet: Opportunities and Threats (Case study of Media Indonesia and Harian Kompas). Ultimacomm: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi, 9 (1). ISSN 2656-0208

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Abstract

As new media emerge and replace the popularity of conventional media, people use social media not only as medium to socialize, but also increase its role as news source or news outlet. A generational divide has always existed within news. The older people tend to choose TV and newspaper as their primary news source meanwhile research conducted by Reuters in 2015 showed that younger audiences that grown up in digital era, exhibiting very different behaviors and increasingly expect the news to come to them through online channels and in new formats. This makes social media become the opportunities and also threats to some news companies. What should the media do in order to survive? Does the generation gap influence the media to use both traditional and digital or social media? Some online media even put their headlines and link in Facebook and Twitter as news outlet, so people can just click the link and go to their websites. Methodology used in this research is qualitative with data gathered from focus group discussion and interview. The result of the study expected to show how the generation gap creates different media consumption and the need for news corporation to change their pattern in order to survive.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Social media, news outlet, new media
Subjects: 000 Computer Science, Information and General Works > 000 Computer Science, Knowledge and Systems > 004 Computer Science, Data Processing, Hardware
000 Computer Science, Information and General Works > 070 News Media, Journalism and Publishing > 070 News, mass media, journalism, and publishing
Divisions: Faculty of Communication > Strategic Communication
Depositing User: Administrator UMN Library
Date Deposited: 21 Nov 2021 04:44
Last Modified: 21 Nov 2021 04:44
URI: https://kc.umn.ac.id/id/eprint/19216

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