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How our popular news reporting agencies portray crisis situations? When did it shift from informative to contextual news? Are they the cause of shaping audience opinions? A few well-known crisis news stories have been used to highlight how different news reporting agencies reported them and how the audience responded on Facebook. There is also a discourse analysis of various authors who have discussed the influence of social media in journalistic practices and audience behaviors. In the findings we will observe a relationship between news journalism and audience opinion and then finally challenge what provokes the audience to respond in a particular way.

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Shaan Quadri as an MBA graduate from Karachi, Pakistan and then later finished MA in International Media & Entertainment Management from Cologne, Germany. Currently he is based in Cologne as an Online Marketing specialist and enthusiast.

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