Breaking news of disasters: How Stuff.co.nz and NZHerald.co.nz used Facebook and Twitter in the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake coverage in New Zealand

This study looks at how media users reacted and engaged with Facebook and Twitter posts of two major New Zealand news websites—Stuff.co.nz and NZHerald.co.nz—during the coverage of the 7.8 magnitude Kaikoura earthquake in November 2016. Using posts (n = 975) on Facebook pages and tweets (n = 889) on...

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Main Authors: Ali Rafeeq, Shujun Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Cogent Social Sciences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2020.1731121