From “information” to “knowing”: Exploring the role of social media in contemporary news consumption

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Highlights：

• The paper adopts information overload and sense-making theoretical perspectives.

• We identify key aspects of contemporary online news consumption.

• We investigate the role of social media in news consumption.

• We study the role of social media in news sense-making and information overload.

• We provide implications for policy-makers and communications practitioners.

摘要

•The paper adopts information overload and sense-making theoretical perspectives.•We identify key aspects of contemporary online news consumption.•We investigate the role of social media in news consumption.•We study the role of social media in news sense-making and information overload.•We provide implications for policy-makers and communications practitioners.

论文关键词：News consumption,Social media,Information overload,Sense making

论文评审过程：Available online 27 March 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.045