Does Data Journalism Matter for Social Media Users? Users’ Perspectives on Digital Data-Based News

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News organizations apply data journalism practices to producing quantified digital content (e.g., text in an interactive map). However, it is unclear how social media users understand this trend. The study examines how need for quantified news, credibility of digital data-based news, and information seeking through social media influence the usage of digital data. Findings indicate that the need for quantified news and the perceived credibility influence the news tweeting through intention to utilize digital data in news. Information seeking affects the intention to utilize digital data, and it directly influences the news tweeting. These relationships are consistent across two samples.

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