twitter, facebook and other new media offer ways for the arab - american news media to reach audiences, but…

twitter, facebook and other new media offer ways for the arab - american news media to reach audiences, but also pose a threat to smaller outlets. in addition to keeping up with the online presence of larger news organizations, arab - american media are forced to compete with user - generated content that is rapidly available to audiences. the utility of social media in accessing information became clear during the arab uprisings and events such as egypts parliamentary and presidential elections. however, manneh of new america media points out that the credibility of this information is difficult to verify \depending on where its from, to whom its attributed, and especially when various events are happening very quickly.\ arab - american news outlets find they must compete with this abundance of online content in order to evolve alongside readers who are increasingly turning to the internet for information. newspapers have made the\nhow do the authors support the claim that new media sources threaten smaller arab american media outlets?\nby explaining how traditional outlets have to keep up with user - generated content\nby showing how the events of the arab spring were covered by new media outlets\nby giving suzanne mannehs explanation that social media content may not be credible\nby stating that new media does not carry the weight of traditional new sources

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