Research on News SharingA Proposal of bibliometric analysis

  1. Raquel Quevedo-Redondo
  2. Tamara Antona-Jimeno
  3. Mireya Vicent-Ibáñez
Journal:
Comunicación y sociedad = Communication & Society

ISSN: 2386-7876

Year of publication: 2022

Issue Title: Special Issue: Social news diffusion: Platforms, publics, scenarios and dimensions of news sharing

Volume: 35

Issue: 2

Pages: 285-298

Type: Article

DOI: 10.15581/003.35.2.285-298 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

More publications in: Comunicación y sociedad = Communication & Society

Abstract

This study seeks to establish whether news sharing in social media is a mature field of research by using bibliometrics as a tool. The Web of Science database was searched for articles that contained the term ‘news sharing’ in titles, keywords, and abstracts. A total of 133 articles was obtained, which enabled us to address the question of whether there are well-established journals and authors that cover the subject. The results show a certain ambiguity, which could explain why the chosen subject matter is often studied in fields outside of Communication Studies; however, while studies on news sharing are conducted by researchers from heterogeneous fields, this has not translated into greater interdisciplinarity.

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