Looking into media’s use of Facebook Groups

October 10, 2018 toddvogts Digital Journalism, Media Business & Industry, Technology 0

The Nieman Journalism Lab, funded by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, studies all things journalism.

Nieman Lab reporter Christine Schmidt recently took a look at how news organizations are utilizing Facebook Groups are “nurturing communities around a common thread, an event, or a locality, or gathering subscribers/fans in one centralized place.”

In short, how is the social media juggernaut’s feature helping media outlets foster engagement with their audiences?

You can read the article here: Public or closed? How much activity really exists? See how other news organizations’ Facebook Groups are faring

This article has a lot of good information, and it does create some questions. For students, Facebook might not be the social media platform of choice. However, the sheer number of users should make them consider how to strategically use the network to reach news consumers. With so many people already there, Facebook could be a prime location for hosting public discourse.

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Todd R. Vogts, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of media at Sterling College in Kansas. Previously, he taught yearbook, newspaper, newsmagazine, and online journalism in various Kansas high schools, and he ran a weekly newspaper in rural Kansas. He continues to freelance as a professional journalist from time to time. Also, Vogts is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), the Journalism Education Association (JEA), and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), among others. He earned his Master Journalism Educator (MJE) certification from JEA in 2022. When he’s not teaching or writing, he runs his mobile disk jockey service and takes part in other entrepreneurial ventures. He can be reached at twitter.com/toddvogts or via his website at www.toddvogts.com.