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Title: A Three-dimensional Model of News Recirculation: Towards a Unified Understanding of News Sharing
This paper responds to calls for theory-building about news sharing on social media, arguing for a unified understanding of sharing practices both online and off. Developing a theoretical understanding of news sharing requires broadening our gaze to include other communicative technologies, such as postal mail, email, voice calls, and in-person conversation. In a conceptual contribution based on reflections about my participation in long-term multi-method collaborative studies in the US, I argue that news sharing is an act of commitment at the core. I also propose a three-dimensional model of news recirculation. The first two dimensions, publicness and ephemerality, are ideological – although they widely misrecognized as properties of specific channels and platforms. People enact a third dimension of practice, voice, when they recirculate news.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1906802
PAR ID:
10384507
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Journal Name:
Journalism Studies
ISSN:
1461-670X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 19
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Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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