The Use of Social Media as a Source of News in Natural Disaster Areas
Journal Title: International Journal of Social Science And Human Research - Year 2023, Vol 6, Issue 11
Abstract
Nowadays, uploading surrounding events to media social has been part of people’s daily life. They can upload many things such as their personal activities or even certain circumstances occurred, such as natural disaster. On the other hand, social media can also be a means to convey official statement or information by many parties, including organization, corporation, and even the government, through their official account. These information will then be quoted by journalists to carry out their journalistic tasks. Twitter is one of many brands of social media that is often used by the government to share natural disaster related information which then will be quoted by journalist. In addition to the tweet column, twitter is also equipped with hashtag that encourages easier access to find certain related information. Further, it also provides the space to complete the shared information with pictures and/or videos, along with captions, to provide a brief information related to the picture or video. This study aims to find out how media outlet leverages the information shared on Twitter as a source for their published articles during this digital journalism era, especially for natural disaster related information. This research uses descriptive qualitative method. It will adopt the gatekeeping theory to analyze ethics practices in the development of natural disaster related articles sourced from social media, Twitter. The research found that there is a phenomenon where journalists rely on the information shared through social media, either by an official government owned account or personal owned account, to develop natural disaster related news, especially for those cases when the natural disaster occurred in isolated areas or when the disaster made the areas become isolated. The Twitter-sourced published information presented by the journalist through their media outlets can be in form of articles, pictures, or even videos.
Authors and Affiliations
Novita Sari Simamora, Fitria Ayuningtyas, Munadhil Muqsith
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