Networked Journalism
3/12/16
Panel Topic: How are connective media platforms affecting
the news and our news habit?
Key Points:
Connective social media platforms have:
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Improved the validity of news
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Have altered the timing of news
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Changed what
news is/can be
Validity
- The emergence of blogging brought rise to real time fact checkers and critics of daily news
- Journalism threatened by blogging because of its’ ability to be subjective
- News is no longer controlled by publishers so cannot be framed as easily.
Timing of news
- The when of news has changed from a once/twice a day interaction to a 24 hour interaction (updates, alerts, personalization of feeds)
- Rise of tools that allow networked publics to control they’re own news
What is news – shared
social experience
- People care about what their friends think is important, which can create social filtering; having friends recommend news
- Platforms like twitter foster conversation providing public discussion and feedback à ability to create emotional connection
- “If someone in my friends network gets into a car gets into a car accident that is news to me.” (Barenblat)
- Sharing habit: Networked public contributes to what is news by sharing via social media to their local online community
Question
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Do you think the way we receive news now is better or worse than before social media platforms? Why?
Images -
Paris Attacks
http://stmedia.startribune.com/images/2000*1332/1447700222_Czech+16Republic+France+Paris+Attacks.jpg
Illustrates how news is recieved now, timing has changed
Paris Attacks
http://stmedia.startribune.com/images/2000*1332/1447700222_Czech+16Republic+France+Paris+Attacks.jpg
Illustrates how news is recieved now, timing has changed
References
Chapter 3: Networked by: Adrienne Russell
Chapter 3: Networked by: Adrienne Russell
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