Date of Award
Spring 4-18-2011
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Greg Lisby
Second Advisor
Marian Meyers
Third Advisor
Carrie Packwood Freeman
Abstract
This project aims to determine if and how the relatively new journalistic tool of Twitter is impacting journalistic decision-making and news production as a legitimate tool amongst sports writers. Using the methods of qualitative textual analysis and in-depth interviewing, this project analyzes the words and tweets of nine journalists at prominent U.S. newspapers in an attempt to fill a void in research among the topics of journalistic decision-making, sports journalism, and Twitter and to answer questions that arise from the marriage of a certain type of journalism and a particular new media platform.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1953594
Recommended Citation
Sears, Kyle, "Twitter's Impact on Sports Journalism Practice: Where a New Medium Meets and Old Art." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2011.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1953594