This document discusses how different news agencies share news on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. It provides case studies of how ABC7 and Initium Media in Hong Kong use various social media platforms for news distribution. ABC7 posts around 20 times per day on Facebook with summaries and links, 80 times per day on Twitter with more concise updates. Initium Media focuses on hashtags and different post types for different platforms. The document also discusses how Facebook news feed decides which stories to show and the issue of "echo chambers" in social media news consumption.
Citizen journalism has risen with social media and allows ordinary citizens to play an active role in collecting and reporting news. It provides faster reporting and gives voice to uncensored perspectives but lacks professional standards. It influences mainstream journalism by challenging news monopolies and collaborating to provide diverse coverage. In China, it has empowered citizens and pressured governments but focuses more on entertainment than social issues due to censorship. Overall, it supplements professional journalism when used together through collaboration.
This document summarizes an app called Daily好奇心日报 that focuses on business reports for a youth audience. It consists of four main parts: in-depth reports, a top 15 corporates list, 10 pictures, and a curiosity research laboratory. The app aims to provide clear and simple content while avoiding distractions. However, critics note that some of the business reports could be confused for advertising and that the app's information resources are not as rich as other similar apps. The creator left their previous job at a newspaper to start this app due to changing media trends.
Hash is an app that provides concise 3-minute video summaries of the day's top global news stories and events. The summaries aggregate popular tweets about stories and present them visually. Users can consume news quickly in bite-sized highlights, receive a personalized morning video roundup, follow stories for updates, access background on each story, and discover influential opinions on topics - all in a simple and visual interface. The app aims to help users easily stay informed on important worldwide events and discussions using the least amount of time.
Yahoo News Digest is a mobile app that provides condensed summaries of the day's top news stories from multiple sources. It digests articles down to 18 pieces total for morning and evening editions, focusing on international and local news from the US, UK, and Canada. The app aims to give users enough context behind headlines without taking too much time, and features additional multimedia content like images, maps, statistics and tweets to supplement the news.
Social media platforms collect users' personal information which can sometimes be accessed or shared without users' consent, violating their privacy. Some key privacy issues discussed include data breaches from hacker attacks and third party apps, cyber manhunts doxing users, and targeted ads using private message content. Governments have begun enacting privacy laws while platforms and users also have responsibilities - platforms to protect data and be transparent, and users to manage privacy settings and share information wisely. Overall the document discusses important social media privacy concerns and some measures taken to enhance protection.
镝数 is an interactive news production platform that aims to simplify the process of creating interactive data-driven news stories. It allows users to integrate writing, data analysis, and visualization all in one platform without needing coding or data analysis skills. The tool provides templates and integrated workflows to search for data, create charts, and publish interactive news stories. While the full version is not yet available, the beta platform seeks to lower barriers to interactive news production and empower journalists to tell stories with data.
Jike is an interest-based information reminder application which supports both iOS and Android. Users can follow people, news and events they are interested in through Jike. Jike can follow the the dynamic changes of an event and inform users the information they care about through pushing notifications.
This document discusses how different news agencies share news on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. It provides case studies of how ABC7 and Initium Media in Hong Kong use various social media platforms for news distribution. ABC7 posts around 20 times per day on Facebook with summaries and links, 80 times per day on Twitter with more concise updates. Initium Media focuses on hashtags and different post types for different platforms. The document also discusses how Facebook news feed decides which stories to show and the issue of "echo chambers" in social media news consumption.
Citizen journalism has risen with social media and allows ordinary citizens to play an active role in collecting and reporting news. It provides faster reporting and gives voice to uncensored perspectives but lacks professional standards. It influences mainstream journalism by challenging news monopolies and collaborating to provide diverse coverage. In China, it has empowered citizens and pressured governments but focuses more on entertainment than social issues due to censorship. Overall, it supplements professional journalism when used together through collaboration.
This document summarizes an app called Daily好奇心日报 that focuses on business reports for a youth audience. It consists of four main parts: in-depth reports, a top 15 corporates list, 10 pictures, and a curiosity research laboratory. The app aims to provide clear and simple content while avoiding distractions. However, critics note that some of the business reports could be confused for advertising and that the app's information resources are not as rich as other similar apps. The creator left their previous job at a newspaper to start this app due to changing media trends.
Hash is an app that provides concise 3-minute video summaries of the day's top global news stories and events. The summaries aggregate popular tweets about stories and present them visually. Users can consume news quickly in bite-sized highlights, receive a personalized morning video roundup, follow stories for updates, access background on each story, and discover influential opinions on topics - all in a simple and visual interface. The app aims to help users easily stay informed on important worldwide events and discussions using the least amount of time.
Yahoo News Digest is a mobile app that provides condensed summaries of the day's top news stories from multiple sources. It digests articles down to 18 pieces total for morning and evening editions, focusing on international and local news from the US, UK, and Canada. The app aims to give users enough context behind headlines without taking too much time, and features additional multimedia content like images, maps, statistics and tweets to supplement the news.
Social media platforms collect users' personal information which can sometimes be accessed or shared without users' consent, violating their privacy. Some key privacy issues discussed include data breaches from hacker attacks and third party apps, cyber manhunts doxing users, and targeted ads using private message content. Governments have begun enacting privacy laws while platforms and users also have responsibilities - platforms to protect data and be transparent, and users to manage privacy settings and share information wisely. Overall the document discusses important social media privacy concerns and some measures taken to enhance protection.
镝数 is an interactive news production platform that aims to simplify the process of creating interactive data-driven news stories. It allows users to integrate writing, data analysis, and visualization all in one platform without needing coding or data analysis skills. The tool provides templates and integrated workflows to search for data, create charts, and publish interactive news stories. While the full version is not yet available, the beta platform seeks to lower barriers to interactive news production and empower journalists to tell stories with data.
Jike is an interest-based information reminder application which supports both iOS and Android. Users can follow people, news and events they are interested in through Jike. Jike can follow the the dynamic changes of an event and inform users the information they care about through pushing notifications.
This document discusses credibility of social media in mainland China. It defines media credibility as a media's quality and ability to be believed and trusted by audiences. It then ranks different types of mainstream media according to credibility surveys, with television ranked highest and social media like Weibo ranked lower than traditional media like newspapers.
The document focuses on Weibo and analyzes the credibility of different types of accounts, finding traditional news media accounts to have the highest credibility. It notes that accounts of professionals have high influence but sometimes guide public opinion incorrectly. We media accounts that anyone can create have the lowest credibility as some spread false news for attention. The document concludes with discussions on how government policy and individual actions can help improve social media credibility.