Future Of Social Media In News

Survey from Pew’s State of the News media study that 34% and 30% of people of 18-24 age groups and 30-39 age groups respectively access news through social media. In 2013 Pew Research Center reports that in 2012 around 50% of individuals’ access news online (Digital Journal,2013) .Texas Tribune which is a non-profit organization of news is found as one of the most advanced company. Natalie Choate who is an assistant director of development in Texas Tribune reveals that they use social media tools along with Simply Measured Tool to gather data and content and form trends or graphs of involvement of social media(Digital Journal,2013) .They keep people involvement by providing social media sharing tool on their articles .Sharing buttons are very crucial as 2013 Pew Research Center survey reveals that most of people get information from their friends or colleagues via Social media(Digital Journal,2013).

Texas Tribune concentrate on content that their viewers want to read and in order to maintain effective engagement of readers they post visual information in form of informative videos, pictures or graphs. Even they use Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to aware public about their upcoming events(Digital Journal,2013).

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Op-Ed: Social media of the future (Includes interview and first-hand account). (n.d.). Top - Digital Journal. Retrieved July 30, 2013, from http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/355478