Tag Archives: online
Russia tops social media
Story by Matt Rhodes from Fresh Networks Earlier this year we reported on how Russia is the fourth largest social networking market in Europe. Data from TNS showed that use of social media and social networking in Russia is widespread, … Continue reading
Filed under Internet, Social media, Social networking
Creating a click
“If you don’t like the news…. go out and make some of your own.” — Wes “Scoop” Nisker Nisker’s words can be a tribute to citizen journalism today. I thought it’d be good to compile a list of organisations where … Continue reading
Filed under citizen journalism, Internet, Journalism
I’d drink to that
My friend has recently been part of the launch of PRinks, the monthly social get-together for people in the communcations industry, and as as she talks to me about the birth of PRinks, she refreshingly reminds me of the power of online networks … Continue reading
Filed under Internet, Social media, Social networking, Twitter
Everyone’s a journalist
So lets delve into user-generated content. Citizen journalism is about the people, it’s a new media, so how much impact has it really had? How are news companies engaging and using citizens as journalists? What are the effects of this? … Continue reading
Filed under Internet, Journalism
Journalists <3 social media
Here’s an interesting article by Jeremy Porter from blog Journalists that looks at how 70 per cent of journalists use social networks to assist in reporting.
Filed under Internet, Journalism, Social media, Social networking
The future of journalism
Here is a great blog article on the future of journalism education in a social media world, by Jeremy Porter from his Journalistics blog. It discusses how journalism institutes are needing to change their curriculum to take in account social media … Continue reading
Filed under Journalism
From the expert
To fully delve into the online world I thought the best place to start was getting some advice on how to negate my way around and more importantly why should I jump on this bandwagon, so I’ve turned to Gemma … Continue reading
Filed under Social media, Social networking