Maria Ivancin is the president of the Market Research Bureau and adjunct associate professor at American University. Read more about Maria Ivancin.
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The survey also probed non-Twitter social media users about why they don’t use the social network for news. People offered a range of answers, with […]
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Most Twitter users (77%) have interacted with a promoted tweet in some way. The largest number, 56%, say they have noticed a promoted tweet, topic […]
While people end up following news in general on Twitter and use the social network “to pass the time,” the immediacy of using the network […]
On Twitter consumers can discover new voices, authors, news providers and take following actions as a result. The survey tried to track those patterns by […]
People using social media as a news source can design their own news agenda — identifying the sources and topics they want to follow. This […]
In general, all three core groups studied — Twitter users, non-Twitter users on social media and social media users overall — consume a good deal […]
Overview How does Twitter change the way people get news? What kinds of thought leaders, journalists and organizations do people follow on the network? How […]
This study was conducted by DB5 using a 15-minute online survey among two groups: General social media users (n=1,000) defined as those who used some […]
The results of this survey make clear an intimate connection between Twitter users and news, and suggest some ways in which publishers can take best […]
Significant numbers of journalism and communication graduates now practice what they consider journalism, even though they don’t work for traditional news organizations, our survey of […]
One question virtually everyone in media hears at one point or another is whether the world of journalism, with all the possibilities and disruption caused […]
The survey also probed a series of questions about a range of different skill sets and asked people about their knowledge and comfort levels with […]
The survey also went deeper to look at the experiences of these journalism and communication graduates in their work. That began by asking people (regardless […]
The college journalism and communication experience At a time of enormous change, how people learn — and how academic institutions, educators, organizations, student publications and […]
Journalists’ views on new trends: sponsored content and aggregation Technology and business disruption have brought about new issues that relate to ethics and economics. The […]
After graduating, the great majority of these students (89%) did work in media, journalism, public relations or somewhere in communication, at least for some time. […]
The survey was conducted online through the lists of alumni of the 22 participating schools and was distributed through partner alumni email lists between April […]
A new study of communication graduates finds that people in many different industries — from commercial brands to government and think tanks — now produce […]
