New York Times: Small-Town Gossip Moves to the Web, Anonymous and Vicious
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 11:55
"Topix, a site lightly trafficked in cities, enjoys a dedicated and growing following across the Ozarks, Appalachia and much of the rural South, establishing an unexpected niche in communities of a few hundred or few thousand people — particular…
The Wall Blog: Facebook is not about brands getting fans it is about engaging with them
Thursday, 14 April 2011, 16:40
Pete Davis: "Can [brands] really create the engaging content that will have their followers believing that their brand in someway reflects their lifestyle choices – whether that be through association with fashion, culture, music or general inte…
GigaOm: How Twitter Could Bring About World Peace
Wednesday, 13 April 2011, 10:31
Academic research on Twitter shows individual journalists' Twitter accounts may be more effective than brands': "People are more important than brands. Many of the biggest Twitter accounts are big media brands such as CNN and Time, but t…
Online Journalism Blog: Is community moderation etc. journalism? Another ice cream question
Friday, 1 April 2011, 13:40
"The point of community management/SEO/social media optimisation etc. from a journalist’s point of view is that it should seek to involve readers as early as possible, and so improve the editorial product while it is produced. Not only that but …
Mashable: Hyperlocal News Source EveryBlock Relaunches As Community Site
Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 17:23
"EveryBlock, a hyperlocal news site acquired by msnbc.com in August 2009, unveiled a new version Monday designed to encourage conversation and collaboration among neighbors."
10,000 Words: How News Sites Are Using Gaming Mechanics To Help Build Audience Engagement
Tuesday, 15 March 2011, 11:44
"Badgeville … aims to apply gaming mechanics to the news process, creating white label badges and rewards for active community members that encourage engagement on news platforms."
Journalism.co.uk: City University launches new interactive journalism MA
Tuesday, 16 November 2010, 12:29
"The course will feature core modules from the university's other journalism MA programmes, including online journalism, media law, journalism and society and journalism practice, alongside new teaching on data journalism, developing and managing online communities and understanding content management systems."
Journalism.co.uk: City University launches new interactive journalism MA
Tuesday, 16 November 2010, 12:29
"The course will feature core modules from the university's other journalism MA programmes, including online journalism, media law, journalism and society and journalism practice, alongside new teaching on data journalism, developing and managing online communities and understanding content management systems."
Strange Attractor: Sky News got the argument it wanted
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 19:37
Suw Charman-Anderson: "Ultimately, you get the community that your marketing deserves. If you market your forums as News Fight Club Online, you’re going to get exactly that. Asking people if they are ‘looking for an argument’ sets up an expectation in the user of extreme hostility, so they will react intemperately to the slightest thing."
One Man and His Blog: The Paywalled Times: An Online Private Members’ Club?
Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 12:40
Adam Tinworth says lower traffic and no anonymity "opens up the possibility that what News International are actually trying to create is, in essence, a private members' club. There will be a limited number of people joining in on discussion, largely around content. They will be identifiable, and they will have paid an entrance fee to get in there. This is, in fact, a community model, just one that differs from the wide, inter-connected community model we're used to on the open web."
Spoke Digital: Why Jeff Jarvis got it wrong
Saturday, 24 April 2010, 11:04
Ilana Fox: "Yes, comments can be written by assholes, but the majority of them aren’t. And you shouldn’t let your vision of this be clouded by the loud ones who write the most attention-seeking remarks, or insult everyone who interacts with a newspaper online"
Spoke Digital: Why Jeff Jarvis got it wrong
Saturday, 24 April 2010, 11:04
Ilana Fox: "Yes, comments can be written by assholes, but the majority of them aren’t. And you shouldn’t let your vision of this be clouded by the loud ones who write the most attention-seeking remarks, or insult everyone who interacts with a newspaper online"
guardian.co.uk: What’s hot? Introducing Zeitgeist
Sunday, 7 February 2010, 23:53
"Zeitgeist is a visual record of what people are currently finding interesting on guardian.co.uk at the moment. While other bits of the site are curated by editors (like the front page, or individual sections) or metadata (like blogs, which display in reverse-chronological order), Zeitgeist is dynamic, powered by the attention of users …"
Boing Boing: How to report the news
Saturday, 30 January 2010, 12:15
Great Charlie Brooker clip from Newswipe, plus a special bonus feature: how to behave in a blog comment thread.
