I found and read an article on how social media is used in sports journalism. The main focus of the article was on Twitter. It talks about how social media sometimes divides sports journalists because some journalists love social media and use it often and others do not like/use it often or at all.
Yes, keeping a strong presence takes work, but it is vitally important, especially in this day and age. If you don't, you will fall behind the competition who are using social media. SM, especially Twitter, allow for promotion and allow for sports journalists to get information to people and allow them to get their stories out fast.
The article also mentions fan social media use and says that 80% of fans use social media while watching sports on TV and 60% use it while at games. They Tweet their own thoughts and also get information and thoughts from reporters.
Social media has also hurt sports journalism because athletes/coaches/teams can break the news themselves by posting something on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, rather than telling a reporter/journalist.
This is related to my SM4SC Campaign because it talks about how important of a tool Twitter is and my SM4SC is about how social media has changed sports journalism. On a related note, I use the TweetDeck site for Twitter which allows me to manage multiple accounts easily. It also allows for easy viewing of notifications, mentions, direct messages, lists, and many other columns. It makes it easy to find and use information on Twitter.
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