Tweets That Matter: Reconsidering Journalistic Sourcing and Framing Processes in the Context of the #Grexit Debate

摘要: This study explores the news media Twitter messaging on issue of Grexit, as an exemplary case transmediatisation problems in highly polarized contexts. Our analysis focuses tweets (in English, French, Italian, and Greek) using Grexit hashtag between March July 2015. There are three main questions potential reshaping journalistic sourcing framing Twitter. The first milieu actors used by outlets sources #Grexit debate, second types frames that dominated tweets, third how interact to construct a space power positions. above processes took shape within close information system, which included politicians, elites, economic experts marginalized alternative voices critical perspectives. These findings indicate mainstream normalized fit their traditional norms practices. More specifically, our following: first, powerful get easier access online reporting Twitter; second, negative episodic media-driven take lead frame-building process; third, non-elite political socially-driven building process. affordances were essentially into understandings negotiation process high-stakes international politics game with predetermined winners losers. It is also likely this normalization reflects elites aiming offer journalists easy instant narratives.