How News Functions In Social Media: Facebook Mashup
by SavvyRoo on Nov 26, 2014 | Views: 147 | Score: 0
% of Facebook news consumers who regularly see news about... | |
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Entertainment | 73 |
People & events in my community | 65 |
Sports | 57 |
Nat'l gov't & politics | 55 |
Crime | 51 |
Health & medicine | 46 |
Local politics | 44 |
Local weather & traffic | 42 |
International news | 39 |
Science & tech | 37 |
Business | 31 |
Sources:
journalism.org
Besides cute images of cats and funny home videos, some Facebook consumers regularly use the site for news gathering. The topics of news on Facebook is fairly broad.