Tag: social networking
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The difference between Facebook friends and Twitter friends
I’ll add you as a Facebook friend just because we went to elementary school together, even if we don’t really have anything to talk about anymore. I’ll add you as a Twitter friend just because we have something to talk about, even if I have no idea where you went to elementary school.
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Twitter hints for reporters
I saw a message on Twitter from Dave Cohn yesterday late in the afternoon that said he was set to interview Craig Newmark in 30 minutes. (Actually, I saw it 19 minutes after he posted it, so he was probably on the way out the door if not on the street when I replied.) Today,…
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Global Neighbourhoods: Reposting Survey Part 3: Social Media by Region
Social media use around the world. Global Neighbourhoods: Reposting Survey Part 3: Social Media by Region
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Go register for Publish2 now
Publish2, a social network for journalists, is now taking beta registrations. I highly recommend you, Journalist, go sign up right now. For a brief explanation/exploration, check out the Beatblogging post where David Cohn puts it like this: “Think of it as a Poynter 2.0: There is a core niche of journalism, but it is a…
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Willow Glen 2.0
This is a Ning network being run by a guy from Willow Glen. There’s 134 members. They seem to care. He’s not even looking to make any money doing this – all he did was set up a free Ning network. Willow Glen 2.0
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Five ways to innovate today
A colleague looking for a few new ways to integrate free Web services into his newsroom asked me to chip in with a list of five, so here they are. A note to student journalists: These are all free and easy ways to get something new and different online, and they probably serve a need…
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Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship – JCMC
danah boyd and co-author published this academic paper on social networks. And not a moment too soon: This is headed straight for the lit review in my new project proposal (for ReportingOn). Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship – JCMC
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These Beat Reporters Will Try the Social Network Way – PressThink
My favorites on this list are the ones that combine geography and a topic, like the Dallas public schools beat reporter. These Beat Reporters Will Try the Social Network Way – PressThink
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“We know what to do, but we can’t get it done.”
To elaborate on the somewhat derisive one-liner (about Jay Rosen’s New Assignment plan for beat blogging with a social network) that I dropped into a post a couple days ago… I think it’s a great idea. It will work. Good stories will come out of the project. And that’s where I get off the bus,…
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ReportingOn: An ever so slightly more detailed explanation
I gave someone a bit more detail about my nascent ReportingOn concept via e-mail late last night. Talking these things out in public always helps, so here’s a fresh draft of what I’ve been mumbling about: This post was the beginning of the idea. In short, ReportingOn.com would be a social network for reporters looking…