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Weekly News Digest
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July 21, 2016 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today. For other up-to-the-minute news, check out ITI’s Twitter account: @ITINewsBreaks.
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Pew Studies Presidential Election Campaign Websites and Social Media
Pew Research Center’s Journalism & Media division released the results of two separate studies that examined the campaign websites of Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump from May 1 to June 15, 2016, as well as their activity on Facebook and Twitter from May 11 to May 31, 2016. These studies found the following:- Clinton’s campaign has almost entirely bypassed the news media while Trump draws heavily on news articles.
- On websites, citizen content is minimized or excluded altogether; in social media, Trump stands out for highlighting posts by members of the public.
- None of the three websites featured any distinct section addressing specific voting groups or segments of the population—a popular feature of campaign websites in 2008 and 2012.
- Facebook and Twitter usher in a new age in audiovisual capabilities.
For more information, read the report’s summary.
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Brandi Scardilli
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