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“It’s Just as Whitewashed as Ever”: Social Media Sourcing as a Diversification Tool for Journalists

Overview of attention for article published in Journalism Practice, November 2022
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (85th percentile)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (53rd percentile)

Mentioned by

blogs
1 blog
twitter
3 X users
facebook
1 Facebook page

Citations

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2 Dimensions

Readers on

mendeley
3 Mendeley
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Title
“It’s Just as Whitewashed as Ever”: Social Media Sourcing as a Diversification Tool for Journalists
Published in
Journalism Practice, November 2022
DOI 10.1080/17512786.2022.2147096
Authors

Danielle Deavours, Will Heath, Ryan Broussard

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 3 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 1 33%
Unknown 2 67%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Arts and Humanities 1 33%
Unknown 2 67%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 January 2023.
All research outputs
#3,313,332
of 23,510,717 outputs
Outputs from Journalism Practice
#396
of 1,027 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#67,383
of 452,750 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journalism Practice
#14
of 32 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,510,717 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 85th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,027 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.5. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 60% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 452,750 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done well, scoring higher than 85% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 32 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 53% of its contemporaries.