The new 'vox populi'? A study on journalists' use of social media as sources in Flemish newspapers University of Antwerp
The aim of this study is to examine the existence of echo chamber and source cycle effects due to the use and remediation of social media as sources in professional mainstream news coverage. First, a quantitative descriptive content analysis will be done of articles published in 7 Flemish newspapers over a period of six consecutive weeks in 2013 that explicitly mention Facebook, Twitter or YouTube as sources of information. The content analysis ...