article thumbnail

6 Research-Based Insights About Viral Content

Cision

If you’re like me, you probably greet articles about content virality with a healthy dose of skepticism. Of course anyone writing content or posting on social media hopes for the largest possible distribution, but the articles that purport to tell you how to make content go viral are oftentimes less useful than they intend to be.

Viral 120
article thumbnail

How Journalists Say PR Can Fight Fake News

Cision

Although sometimes applied pejoratively, the validity of news shared on social media is a concern for nearly everyone. A recent Pew survey found that only 11 percent of Americans completely trust the news that they read on social media. Over half of journalists described fake news as undermining their area of journalism.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What goes viral on Facebook? April 2018 analysis

NewsWhip

We look at the data to see what types of websites saw the most engagement on Facebook in April 2018, and contrast that with the stories that tend to go viral on the platform. The post What goes viral on Facebook? In our recent analysis of the sites that are seeing the most attention on Facebook in April 2018, there were a […].

Viral 110
article thumbnail

“Social Media Crisis” and Other Buzzwords that Need to Go

Melissa Agnes

Melissa’s #1 despised buzzword: Social media crisis. To us, here at Agnes + Day , someone who says that they specialize in “social media crises” is demonstrating a big red flag. This means that a crisis is never a “social media crisis”, but rather a crisis. with the new title.

article thumbnail

Jay Baer Asks [VIDEO]: Is Fake News Really a Thing?

Cision

Recently, Cision published the 2017 Global Social Journalism Study , conducted in partnership with Canterbury Christ Church University, which surveyed journalists on their social media habits, preferences and views. Or, to view other videos in the series click below: Jay Baer Asks: Are Social Media and Journalism Linked?

Video 205
article thumbnail

How Reach uses NewsWhip to stay on top of the news cycle

NewsWhip

Yara Silva, group head of social media for Reach, supports these publications with social media posts, but also tracks the success of Reach’s stories. Her team of 25 editors is so dialed into social media that a key part of their job is to suggest story ideas based on topics they see trending online.

Reddit 158
article thumbnail

Barbie dominates August brand coverage

NewsWhip

Barbie’s marketing was the talk of the town on social media , with several partnerships becoming part of the discourse in their own right, but the coverage of the movie never really slowed down either. It’s worth stepping back and looking at just how much of a cultural event the movie has been. The story originally totaled over 1.4

Brand 78