NBC News cites Socolow in report on impeachment hearing coverage
NBC News quoted Michael Socolow, associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, in the article, “Impeachment hearings play big on TV, less so with viewers.” The first public hearing in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump was broadcast on the three major networks, as well as cable news, which aired wall-to-wall live coverage, according to the article. The hearing also was streamed live on most major digital platforms and dissected on Twitter, the article states. “The story is being amplified tremendously through new channels. But in 1998, during the impeachment of Bill Clinton, the networks had a much larger impact than any single medium,” said Socolow, adding that today’s media landscape is far more fragmented.