Finally, while new media and social media seem relatively new and recent developments for journalists, they are really just extensions of the core principles and practices of modern journalism that have existed for well over 100 year and that we cover throughout the rest of The News Manual. You will find many of these in The News Manual Glossary. New media and social media have developed numerous terms and word definitions that did not exist in pre-digital journalism. Here we look at new media and social media for media professionals, students and citizen journalists within the overall approach of The News Manual. Later in this chapter we provide some links to websites and other services providing up-to-date information on new media resources useful to journalists.
You can get these from the platforms and apps themselves, user support, forums and online instruction sites.
PLEASE NOTE: This chapter does not give detailed instructions on the use of specific new media platforms or social media apps such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram etc.
