Mapping social media networks of news media outlets in Twitter with NodeXL

04MayMay 7, 2015 By Marc Smith

Here are recent graphs of Twitter networks for several news media outlets :

@cnn	bbcworld	@washingtonpost
theeconomist	@latimes	@FT OR @financialtimes
@nytimes	cbcnews	@newshour
nbcnews	bbcnews	cbsnews

The common “broadcast” structure is common to most of these news media outlets, it appears as a “hub and spoke” pattern. The people at the end of these spokes are the “audience”. Some of these news networks have many more “isolates” or “brand” mentioners – these are the grids of individuals with no connections to others. In contrast some contributors are densely connected in communities of discussion formed around various topics.