Valuing Twitter

Abstract

News values—the explanation for why one story gets coverage and another does not—have interested both domestic and international journalists for decades. This study analyzes the Twitter feeds for CNN International and three of its prominent anchor/reporters for one month, comparing them for the news values employed, the focus of the stories, where they concentrated geographically, and how frequently promotional strategies were used. Frames were compared between the correspondents’ and the corporate feeds.

Keywords:

• framing
• international journalism
• news values
• promotion
• social media journalistic standards
• Twitter