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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/14390
Title: Digging Deeper into Digg: Power Users, Gatekeepers and Agenda Setting
Authors: Spong, Daryl
Keywords: Digg;new media;gatekeeping;agenda-setting;news aggregation;Communication Technology and New Media;Graphic Communications;Journalism Studies;Communication Technology and New Media
Publication Date: 31-Aug-2011
Abstract: <p>A content analysis looking at Digg’s front page material and users from June 2010 to May 2011, attempting to find patterns that suggest inequality amongst how the site’s front page material is published. With an emphasis on gatekeeping and agenda-setting, a sample size of over 2,600 front page posts were reviewed, finding that Digg’s front page was indeed controlled by a small group of users.</p>
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/14390
Identifier: cmst_grad_research/10
1009
2211874
Appears in Collections:Major Research Projects (MA in Communication and New Media)

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