How Facebook news presents different realities
A new tool created by the Wall Street Journal Blue Feed Red Feed allows users to examine how different news sources cover political topics. See the Nieman reports. To consider how this source can raise questions about whether the Facebook mechanism of likes and friends manipulates what news ‘or facts’ that readers really see. View […]
Recipe
As the BBC launch the demise of their online recipe website admin public outcry discover how the Web Archive is conserving the site forever. And explore these fabulous historic cookbook collections: The British library has a learning site with excerpts from cookbooks from the middle ages to 1900 The Women’s Library@LSE digital library has some […]
Many access news on smartphones
According to a number of recent research studies many people are now using their smartphones. A report from the Knight Foundation recently found that , 89% of the U.S. mobile population (144 million users) now access news using a smartphone. Also released this week a Pew report on engagement and reading of news by American […]
Are emojis sexist?
Certainly Google engineers think so as they recently submitted a proposal to Unicode: see Expanding Emoji Professions: Reducing Gender Inequality for 13 proposed designs to show professional women and reflect the real world of women in work. This follows previous criticisms expressed in the Huffington Post in 2016 which form part of the campaign #like […]
First Draft News
With the shocking news from Belgium this week, we see the media using eye witness and social media resources. First Draft News is created by a coalition of organisations to offer journalists advice and resources on using and verifying social media and citizen journalism sources.
Twitter: 10th anniversary
See a collection of significant tweets in this short history from Wired magazine. Read also the Guardian debate on whether you love or hate it. Pew research has 5 fascinating facts on who uses Twitter and its potential. See 10th anniversary postings from users
How one woman’s app is changing political communication
Pia Mancini from Argentina is developing IT tools that can empower communities to get involved in politics worldwide in this recent Guardian newspaper article. See Democracy OS her app and TED lecture which explain how it helps users understand complex legislation in Argentina.
The Web Index
… “tracks the Web’s contribution to social, economic and political progress across 86 countries.” Find it at: http://thewebindex.org/
Changing face of journalism
The Independent newspaper will be ceasing printed publication. A useful article on the conversation blog by a journalist involved in its early years sets the demise in context. Other useful resources for finding information on newspaper circulation which enable the tracing of recent trends include: Materials from the Pew Research Center which trace the declining […]
Digital Fan Magazine Collection (1911-1963)
Free access to the full text of a growing number of popular magazines produced for film fans in the mid 20th century via the Media History Digital Library. A great resource for American cinema, popular culture and social historians. They include Silver Screen (1930-1940) and Motion Picture [Magazine] (1914-1941). Read this example of Hollywood magazine […]
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