Using as examples the Frankfurter Allegmeine Zeitung, it's Instagram channel @faz, and using the Suddeutsche Zeitung and its Instagram channel @sz, the present study is trying to determine which patterns explain news selection for Instagram. The one-week survey period examined multiple aspects. Do news factors play a role in the selection of news on Instagram? Are certain topics or countries viewed more than others on Instagram? Are special image-types favored over others? The results of the

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... vey suggest that news selection is impacted by a combination of varying news factors, already well-established topics, and references to Germany. Furthermore, image-type analysis makes it clear that Instagram channels usually do not vary their messages: a symbolic image type prevails on both Instagram channels.