{"id":10181,"date":"2022-01-17T11:04:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T10:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-publications&p=10181"},"modified":"2026-08-19T11:06:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:06:58","slug":"the-role-of-social-media-in-news-usage-on-opportunities-and-risks","status":"publish","type":"hbi-publications","link":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/the-role-of-social-media-in-news-usage-on-opportunities-and-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Role of Social Media in News Usage. On Opportunities and Risks"},"content":{"rendered":"

An article by Dr. Sascha H\u00f6lig<\/a> and Leonie Wunderlich<\/a> highlights the role of social media regarding the use of news in an anthology on journalism and Instagram.<\/p>\n

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Social media have become an important resource for news content to be noticed. The consequences of this are assessed very differently, ranging from isolation in echo chambers, which pose a danger to democracy, to the possibility of being able to perceive significantly more diverse content, including numerous participation options, which in turn is seen as beneficial to a functioning democratic society. This article shows that a blanket view of news users in social media is misplaced. If opportunities and risks are to be assessed, a distinction must be made, especially for news providers, as to whether social media represent a supplementary, the most important or even the only source of news.<\/p>\n

H\u00f6lig, S., & Wunderlich, L. (2022): Instagram statt Tagesschau? Die Rolle Sozialer Medien in der Nachrichtennutzung. \u00dcber Chancen und Risiken [Instagram instead of Tagesschau? The Role of Social Media in News Usage. On Opportunities and Risks]. In: J. Sch\u00fctzeneder & M. Gra\u00dfl (eds.), Journalismus und Instagram: Analysen, Strategien, Perspektiven aus Wissenschaft und Praxis [Journalism and Instagram: Analyses, Strategies, Perspectives from Science and Practice], pp. 29-44. Springer Fachmedien. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-658-34603-4_3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2433,"template":"","tags":[398],"class_list":["post-10181","hbi-publications","type-hbi-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-miscellaneous"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Role of Social Media in News Usage. 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