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Clickbait v Political Impact: Alternative Journalism as Social Media Becomes the New News Source
Pearson, Tamara http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/02/16/clickbait-v-political-impact-alternative-journalism-as-social-media-becomes-the-new-news-source/
Publisher: Counterpunch
Date Written: 16/02/2016
Year Published: 2016
Resource Type: Article
In first world countries, Facebook and Twitter are fast becoming the main places where people come across their news -- ahead of television and news sites. "Success" is becoming about the number of reads, shares, likes, upvotes, and re-tweets -- making it easy to lose sight of what really defines the usefulness of an article: political impact.
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