Open AccessResearch on News Sharing. A Proposal of bibliometric analysis
Author(s) -
Raquel Quevedo Redondo,
Tamara Antona Jimeno,
Mireya Vicent-Ibáñez
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
communication and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2386-7876
DOI - 10.15581/003.35.2.285-298
Subject(s) - ambiguity , subject (documents) , bibliometrics , subject matter , web of science , field (mathematics) , cover (algebra) , computer science , data science , sociology , political science , world wide web , medline , mathematics , engineering , mechanical engineering , pedagogy , law , curriculum , programming language , pure mathematics
This study seeks to establish whether news sharing in social media is a mature field of research by using bibliometrics as a tool. The Web of Science database was searched for articles that contained the term ‘news sharing’ in titles, keywords, and abstracts. A total of 133 articles was obtained, which enabled us to address the question of whether there are well-established journals and authors that cover the subject. The results show a certain ambiguity, which could explain why the chosen subject matter is often studied in fields outside of Communication Studies; however, while studies on news sharing are conducted by researchers from heterogeneous fields, this has not translated into greater interdisciplinarity.