[Commlist] New Book: Sharing News Online: Commendary Cultures and Social Media News Ecologies

New book published by Palgrave:

Sharing News Online: Commendary Cultures and Social Media News Ecologies

By *Fiona Martin and Tim Dwyer*

Available here: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783030179052

This book explores the political economics and cultural politics of 
social media news sharing, investigating how it is changing journalism 
and the news media internationally. News sharing plays important 
economic and cultural roles in an attention economy, recommending the 
stories audiences find valuable, making them more visible, and promoting 
the digital platforms that are reshaping our media ecologies. But is 
news sharing a force for democracy, or a sign of journalism’s declining 
power to set news agendas?

In/Sharing News Online/, Tim Dwyer and Fiona Martin//analyse the growth 
of commendary culture and the business of social news, critique the rise 
of news analytics and dissect virality online. They reveal that 
surprisingly, we share political stories more highly than celebrity 
news, and they probe how deeply affect drives our sharing behaviour. In 
mapping the contours of a critical digital media phenomenon, this book 
makes essential reading for scholars, journalists and media executives.

“This fascinating and clearly written book is a timely contribution that 
enhances our understanding of what kinds of news trigger social media 
sharing, and what the “commendary culture” that we participate in means 
not just for the media, but also for society.” (Lawrie Zion, Professor 
of Journalism, La Trobe University, Australia)

*Fiona Martin* is Senior Lecturer in Online Media in the Department of 
Media and Communications, University of Sydney, Australia.

*Tim Dwyer*is Associate Professor in the Department of Media and 
Communications, University of Sydney, Australia.

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