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100			_aTruscott, Jake S. _949481
245			_aA social media platform model of Supreme Court news
260			_aPolitical Research Quarterly
300			_a77(3), Sep, 2024: p.866-879
520			_aAn economic model of news contends that the pressures of limited column space and market competition force media actors to be strategic concerning which notable events receive exhaustive coverage, if any at all. Applying this framework to the Supreme Court can explain why coverage of the Justices’ decision-making has historically been sensationalized and reserved for decisions sure to have a pronounced effect on public discourse. However, the emergence of social media as a practical alternative for mass media dissemination raises notable questions, chief among them being whether the economic framework fully extends to this newer medium. In this study, I analyze media coverage of the Court’s decisions using Twitter and observe important distinctions among environments for news dissemination. I argue that the apparent reduction in the economic costs associated with coverage dissemination and consumption on social media platforms like Twitter requires viewing Supreme Court news in these environments through an amended theoretical framework.- Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10659129241248586
650			_aSupreme court, Media, Social media. _949480
773			_aPolitical Research Quarterly
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