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Types of social media regularly used by journalists in the United States 2016

Types of social media regularly used by journalists in the United States in 2016

The data displays data on the types of social media regularly used by journalists from the U.S. in 2016. According to the source, 62% of the respondents stated that they use social networks such as Facebook for sourcing.

Facebook, Google+, Ello etc. (social networks)	81	62
Twitter, Snapchat, etc. (microblogs)	80	53
YouTube, Instagram, etc. (audio-visual)	50	35
Blogs	49	48
LinkedIn, Xing, etc. (professional networks)	45	40
Vine, Periscope, Wikipedia, etc. (content communities)	12	21

Types of social media regularly used by journalists in the United States 2016

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