Indian Journal of Science and Technology
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2019/v12i19/143792
Year: 2019, Volume: 12, Issue: 19, Pages: 1-9
Original Article
Bashir Memon and Liaquat Ali Umrani
Bashir Memon and Liaquat Ali Umrani
Department of Media and Communication Studies, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan;
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*Author For Correspondence
Bashir Memon
Department of Media and Communication Studies
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Objectives: This study aimed to know that how communication professionals specifically journalists residing in urban areas use Facebook, a social media platform, for their professional activities. Method: The data for this study was collected by doing a cross-sectional quantitative survey with the help of pre-designed close-ended questionnaire that was distributed among the urban journalists in Sindh province, Pakistan in a face to face situation. Then the data was analyzed in SPSS statistical software. Findings: The findings have been presented in tables and then described and analyzed to know the Facebook usage patterns of the sampled urban journalists. In this way, it was observed that the journalists used Facebook for their professional activities i.e. they used Facebook to receive and share news and information. Novelty: Facebook that was made to interweave social networking is also used for journalistic professional activities.
Keywords: Facebook, Information, Journalists, News, Social Media
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