Posting, commenting, and tagging: Effects of sharing news stories on Facebook

Social networking sites like Facebook offer a new way to share news stories, allowing users to act as opinion leaders of their network, encourage discussion and perhaps increase participation in current events I will. This survey revealed Facebook's special features, promoted discussion about the news, and tested the impact on participation and impact. Participants (N = 265) × 3 (Broadcasting Level: News Feed, Wall Post, Direct Message) × 3 (Details: No Comments, With Comments) × 2 (Participants - Friends: With Tags, No Tags) Factor experiments were randomly assigned to share stories on Facebook news sites. As a result, we found that participation in users' news content depends on the social abilities of the site, especially those who will be able to customize and promote online feedback. Ask the web for comments, target more specific friends and participate more in the news content. Discussions through comments will have greater impact and greater participation by people sharing news stories. These findings underscore the importance of encouraging individuals to act as sources of information in their networks to facilitate participation in current events in changing news environments .

Increased attention to posts posted by Facebook friends and publishers means publishers (and brands) that Facebook users post content that may interact by favorites, comments, shares, tags, It means that you need to guarantee. By ranking clickbait, the story posted on Facebook needs entities. In addition, through improved qualifying content, marketers and publishers provide highly engaging content features, or information. Publishers and brands have had to pay even those who like the brand's Facebook page to attract Facebook viewers since Facebook was first publicly offered in the past few years, especially in 2012 . In fact, I am responsible for the role of social media practitioners on Facebook, that is, community administrators, drafting and posting Facebook postings, and coordinating and engaging audience comments from media advertisers and buyers - management of Facebook advertisement purchasing I have seen. . This trend continues

According to BuzzFeed's analysis after Craig Silverman's election, "In the last three months of the US presidential election, the most performant fake election coverage on Facebook is more popular than the major news organizations like the New York Times Social media did not bring intelligence to critical discussions but paralyzed the discussion by expanding lies.In a recent cover story of The Economist, "Is social media threatening democracy A question not exaggerated as "?" Is raised. Social media is far from bringing enlightenment.

The top 20 false articles from bipartisan sources and really naive sites generated 7 million shares on Facebook and comments. Twenty best performance election stories from 19 major news sites (New York Times, Washington Post, NBC News) produced, shared and commented 3 million answers. We did not help ourselves. 59% of all the links shared on social media are not clicked at all. They are shared, but they are not reading. A compelling title may be enough to make something a virus, and most people do not know even if the article itself may challenge the title. We have always seen sharing - there is no reading. Leave comments without reading, and post articles on news sites that sometimes are biased. When they read this article, the facts will be consistent with their views.