Social media: unchecked foreign facts confuse the most respected Italian journos
(WorldNews Europe)

How can you explain the fact that respected Italian reporters believe it was basically The Guardian who provoked Brexit? Was Brexit just lost in translation? Italian press commentary, 2017. Len Klimkeit/Press Association. All rights reserved. Social media and journalism go hand in hand. There are very few reporters and columnists who are not on Twitter; and although it`s true that some actually tweet only every now and then, to be in the news industry and ignore Silicon Valley`s media monsters is just impossible. So, are social media influencing journalists and to what extent? Let`s try and answer this million-dollar question by looking at a recent print issue of MicroMega ( 3/2018 ), in...