The use of social media by journalists raises new ethical and professional dilemmas. As a result, news outlets are implementing policies addressing what is and what is not permitted on social media platforms. Through a nationwide survey of local television (TV) news directors, this study examines the prevalence of social media policies in TV newsrooms, the source of those policies, and the application in newsrooms. This study provides a framework for newsroom policies and further empirical investigation. The authors identify and explore five areas to be used as guidelines in formulating newsroom social media policies: personal and professional social media activity of reporters, social media sourcing and content, audience complaints on social media, the use of social media while reporting in the field, and ownership of social media accounts. The authors investigate how the policies address emerging issues in each of those five areas and provide policy recommendations.

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记者使用社交媒体引发了新的道德和职业困境。因此，新闻媒体正在实施政策，解决社交媒体平台上允许和不允许的内容。通过对地方电视 (TV) 新闻总监的全国性调查，本研究调查了电视新闻编辑室中社交媒体政策的流行、这些政策的来源以及在新闻编辑室中的应用。本研究为新闻编辑室政策和进一步的实证调查提供了一个框架。作者确定并探索了五个可用作制定新闻编辑室社交媒体政策指南的领域：记者的个人和专业社交媒体活动、社交媒体资源和内容、受众对社交媒体的投诉、在现场报道时使用社交媒体，以及社交媒体帐户的所有权。