In the paper ‘Social media as beat’, the authors argue that tweets are being considered as a new worthy resource for journalist because of their richness, quickness and accessibility.This paper mentions about the rapidly increasing use of Tweeter in journalism, political field in particular. First the article explains the function of Tweeter in political campaign. Then the authors clarify character and credibility of Tweets. Furthermore, Broersma & Graham also introduce how politicians successfully take advantage of Tweeter to earn votes in their campaign.

Broersma & Graham treat the use of Tweeter in the 2010 election campaigns in the UK and the Netherlands as the two study subjects. The article is reliable and highly readable because its arguments are strengthened by statics and frameworks in the same field. The paper also proposes how Tweeter shifts the balance between journalists and politicians. Politicians find this social platform very handy in term of communicating with their voters. Tweets offer politicians an extended control of their coverage and image without being less afraid of mediating ability of journalists.

In general, this paper offers valuable key insights of how Tweeter is being exploited by political journalist and politician in an era of technology and globalisation. The paper will matches perfectly in our research focusing on news media.

Reference:
Broersma, M, & Graham, T 2012, ‘SOCIAL MEDIA AS BEAT’, ‘Journalism Practice’, vol 6, no.3, pp.403-419.