Social media and the glue that holds communities together
The Knight News Challenge describes newspapers as the glue that used to hold communities together. Of course, technology has changed everything. Now, instead, it...
View ArticleJpod fans organise on Facebook to revive the show
Image by gak via FlickrFans of the cancelled CBC show, Jpod, are planning to emulate the antics of fans across the border to save...
View ArticleSocial networking sites challenge journalism ethics
Image via WikipediaThe UK’s newspaper watchdog, the PCC, has released the findings of its research into attitudes towards social networking. It found that 78%...
View ArticleHow journalism schools are teaching social media
PBS Mediashift is running a special series called Beyond J-School, taking an in-depth look at journalism education in the digital age. The series was...
View ArticleResearch into the sharing of links on Facebook
With social recommendation becoming an increasingly important way that people get the news, the final research paper at ISOJ looked at how news travels...
View ArticleSocial media transforming how people get the news
The third in the CMRC’s series of reports on the news landscape in Canada reveals the dramatic impact that Facebook, Twitter and other social media...
View ArticleFacebook’s growing influence on the spread of news
A Pew study provides further evidence of the growing importance of social networks as a way for people to share and recommend news stories. The...
View ArticleTrust in mainstream media outdoes social media
You can almost hear journalists across newsrooms in Canada breathing a sigh of relief. Canadians still trust the mainstream media, despite the rise of...
View ArticleVideo: Research into social sharing, Twitter and networked journalism
Here is the video from the emerging research panel I took part in at the Journalism Interactive conference at the University of Maryland. The...
View ArticleDecoding the social media news consumer talk
Here are the slides and audio from my presentation at the Journalism Interactive conference at the University of Maryland. The title of the talk was...
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