New Gatekeeper To New Media

Abstract

New gatekeeper to new Media Presented by : Mokretar Kheira (University of Mostaganem) Abstract This study explores the role of the gatekeeper in disseminating local and national news through social media, studying the role of editors and users in creating news in the community through the use of Facebook and Twitter, the main feature of this new genre is the interaction with editors using social media to identify and distribute stories Through daily monitoring and readers using these networks to read an article, commenting on the news of the day, this study will provide an insight into what users prefer social networking sites, and times when newspapers use of social media to develop news stories, and distributed widely and it will provide insight about the reason for readers to publish their news. Key words: Electronic Press, Electronic Gatekeeper, Social Media, News, Facebook, Twitter.