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| Archived Since: | March 20, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Tweets and truth paper at Future of Journalism conference
On Thursday 8 September, I’ll be presenting my paper, Tweets and truth: Journalism as a discipline of collaborative verification, at the Future of Journalism conference in Cardiff. For those who can’t make it, here is the abstract from the paper and the slides from my presentation. This paper examines how social media is influencing the [...]
Get set for the Future of Journalism conference 2011
This week I’m off to the Future of Journalism conference at Cardiff University, September 8-9. The conference brings together the latest research into what is happening in journalism. The keynote speakers this year are Robert W. McChesney and Emily...Show More Summary
Online Journalism Awards 2011 finalists showcase digital excellence
The finalists in the 2011 Online Journalism Awards bring together an impressive range of digital media from around the world. In a year marked by momentous events such as the Arab Spring and distressing disasters like the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the list includes heavyweights such as the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN [...]
Social media prompts election law rethink in Canada
The runaway popularity of social media is prompting a rethink of rules on election reporting in Canada. During the last federal vote in May, Elections Canada warned people against tweeting or sharing on Facebook the results from polls in the east of the country, before voting had ended in the west. A 70-year-old law prohibits [...]
Moral panic, social media and the riots in England
David Cameron’s statement on social media and the riots in England risks stirring a moral panic about social networking. Speaking in parliament, Cameron said: Everyone watching these horrific actions will be stuck by how they were organised via social media. Free flow of information can be used for good. But it can also be used [...]
US journalism grads face challenging job prospects
There is a glimmer of hope in the latest report on the job market for journalism and communication grads in the US. Students graduating in 2010 faced better prospects than those looking for jobs in 2009, according to the University of Georgia’s new Annual Survey of Journalism and Mass Communication Graduates. The survey found that 2010 students [...]
How journalists are rethinking their relationship with the audience
Here is a brief write-up of some of the main points from my talk at the Screen Futures conference in Australia on the promise and practice of participatory journalism. The talk was based on findings in my co-authored book, Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates at Online Newspapers, into how journalists are thinking about their relationship with the [...]
Talk on the promise and practice of participatory journalism
During my trip to Australia, I was invited to deliver a keynote at the Screen Futures conference in Melbourne. In the talk, I explored the promise and practice of participatory journalism. It draws on the data from my co-authored book, Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates at Online Newspapers. We found that journalists are navigating uncharted [...]
Taking a break
I am taking some vacation time so this blog will be on hold for most of July. Happy holidays everyone and thanks for reading. Print PDF
Who owns a journalist’s Twitter account?
BBC News political correspondent Laura Kuenssberg built up a large following on Twitter with her mix of news, commentary and colour. Her move to ITV News in September has raised questions over who “owns” the almost 60,000 people who follow @BBCLauraK. The Guardian suggests that “rather than handing her old account login back to the BBC to [...]
What Mark Twain might have said about social media
Patric Lane, health and science editor at UNC Chapel Hill drew on Mark Twain to frame social media in his presentation at the WorldViews Conference on media and higher education in Toronto on Thursday. Lane skilfully drew from Twain’s comments on the benefits of travel to highlight the appeal of social media. In the original quote, [...]
Making sense of social media at Worldviews Conference
I had the honour of introducing the keynote speaker on social media, Sidneyeve Matrix, at the WorldViews conference on media and education. The session was packed, though some arrive after we started since an earlier session over-ran. So I am posting my introductory comments that were intended to seed the discussions. “Welcome to this afternoon’s [...]
Worldviews conference presentation on the networked scholar
Here are the slides from my talk at the Worldviews Conference on Media and Higher Education in Toronto, June 16 2011. It examines how social media is changing the way scholars disseminate their research and raises questions about the way we evaluate academic authority. The Networked Scholar View more presentations from Alfred Hermida Print PDF
Worldviews Conference tackles social media and universities
The Worldviews Conference on Media and Higher Education will put the spotlight on social media on the afternoon of Thursday 16 June. I’ll be talking part in a panel discussion on the implications of social media for universities at the end of the day. My focus will be on the implications of social media on how [...]
Newspaper paywalls post on Huffington Post
There were two significant developments in the media in Canada last week. The Huffington Post crossed the 49th parallel to set up Huff Post Canada and one of the largest newspaper groups, the PostMedia Network, dipped its toes into paywalls. In my first post for the HuffPo, I discuss the metered model being tried out [...]
Catch up with the discussions at the BBC Social Media Summit
For those like myself who couldn’t make it to London, the BBC has posted videos from its Social Media Summit. I’ve put these together into a YouTube playlist to make it easier to catch up with the discussions. The summit also prompted a lively discussion on Twitter, under the hashtag #BBCsms. Print PDF
How journalists are using Twitter
A survey of nearly 500 journalists across 12 countries offers some insights into what reporters are doing on Twitter. It found that nearly half of respondents (47 per cent) said they used Twitter to source new story angles, compared to 35 percent who used Facebook. But conventional PR sources far outweighed the use of social media for story [...]
Trust 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 social media, according to the latest Canadian Media Research Consortium (CMRC) report. According to a recent online survey of 1,682 adults, nine out of 10 Canadians judged information provided by traditional news [...]
Facebook’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 study by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism shows how Facebook is increasingly driving traffic to news websites. While Google was the top referral service, accounting for about 30 [...]
Osama bin Laden’s death shows impact of Twitter
The role of Twitter in breaking and spreading news of the killing of Osama bin Laden is fascinating. The raid on bin Laden was being tweeted in real-time by Sohaib Athar (@ReallyVirtual) of Abbottabad, Pakistan, even though he had no idea at the time of what was happening. The list of messages on Twitter show how [...]