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Comparing Events Coverage in Online News and Social Media: The Case of Climate Change

Karl Aberer, Alexandra Olteanu, Carlos Castillo
2015
Article de conférence
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Social media is becoming more and more integrated in the distribution and consumption of news. How is news in social media different from mainstream news? % This paper presents a comparative analysis covering a span of 17 months and hundreds of news events, using a method that combines automatic and manual annotations. We focus on climate change, a topic that is frequently present in the news through a number of arguments, from current practices and causes (e.g. fracking, CO2 emissions) to consequences and solutions (e.g. extreme weather, electric cars). The coverage that these different aspects receive is often dependent on how they are framed---typically by mainstream media. Yet, evidence suggests an existing gap between what the news media publishes online and what the general public shares in social media. Through the analysis of a series of events, including awareness campaigns, natural disasters, governmental meetings and publications, among others, we uncover differences in terms of the triggers, actions, and news values that are prevalent in both types of media. This methodology can be extended to other important topics present in the news.

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News media
The news media or news industry are forms of mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public. These include news agencies, newspapers, news magazines, news channels etc. Some of the first news circulations occurred in Renaissance Europe. These handwritten newsletters contained news about wars, economic conditions, and social customs and were circulated among merchants. The first printed news appeared by the late 1400s in German pamphlets that contained content that was often highly sensationalized.
Actualité
News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different media: word of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, electronic communication, or through the testimony of observers and witnesses to events. News is sometimes called "hard news" to differentiate it from soft media. Common topics for news reports include war, government, politics, education, health, the environment, economy, business, fashion, entertainment, and sport, as well as quirky or unusual events.
Média mainstream
L’anglicisme média mainstream est un terme utilisé pour désigner collectivement les divers grands médias de masse qui influencent un grand nombre de personnes et qui reflètent et façonnent les courants de pensée dominants. Le terme est utilisé pour contraster avec les médias alternatifs qui peuvent contenir un contenu avec une pensée plus dissidente en contradiction avec les vues dominantes des sources traditionnelles. Les expressions grand média et média traditionnel sont aussi utilisées.
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