Title

Younger Journalists More Likely to Use Social Media

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Newspaper Research Journal

Publication Date

6-1-2015

Abstract

A national survey of journalists’ social media use found that younger journalists used social media tools in newsgathering more often than did their older colleagues. Social media use ranked lower as a newsgathering tool, compared to face-to-face interviews, phone calls and email correspondence.

Volume

36

Issue

2

First Page

184

Last Page

196

DOI

10.1177/0739532915587293

ISSN

07395329

E-ISSN

23764791

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