This nationwide survey of news directors at network affiliate television stations explores the impact social media is having on editorial and production decisions related to newscasts. The results show popular, or trending, content and topics on social media are a significant factor in choosing stories to cover. The research examines how these stories are treated in newscasts versus those gathered through more traditional sources. The study also reveals that the reliance on social media content has increased the chances that newsrooms will spread misinformation. A third of respondents indicated their stations have reported information from social media that was later found to be false or inaccurate. Despite this, policy has not caught up with practice. One of the more striking findings of this study is, of those newsrooms that have social media policies, nearly 40% said the policy does not include procedures for verifying social media content before it is included in a newscast.

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这项针对网络附属电视台新闻总监的全国性调查探讨了社交媒体对与新闻广播相关的编辑和制作决策的影响。结果显示，社交媒体上的流行或趋势内容和主题是选择要报道的故事的重要因素。该研究调查了这些故事在新闻广播中的处理方式与通过更传统来源收集的故事的处理方式。该研究还表明，对社交媒体内容的依赖增加了新闻编辑部传播错误信息的机会。三分之一的受访者表示，他们的电台报道了来自社交媒体的信息，这些信息后来被发现是虚假或不准确的。尽管如此，政策并没有赶上实践。这项研究最引人注目的发现之一是，