News Reporting and Social Media in the Times of Crisis

How our popular news reporting agencies portray crisis situations? When did it shift from informative to contextual news? Are they the cause of shaping audience opinions? A few well-known crisis news stories have been used to highlight how different news reporting agencies reported them and how the audience responded on Facebook. There is also a discourse analysis of various authors who have discussed the influence of social media in journalistic practices and audience behaviors. In the findings we will observe a relationship between news journalism and audience opinion and then finally challenge what provokes the audience to respond in a particular way.