News Websites’ Uneasy Relationship with User-Generated Content (link via David Black) Neil Thurman of City University London reveals that, despite the seemingly heavy emphasis on UGC at mainstream news websites, questions remain about the extent to which users are interested… Continue Reading
Digg, Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy. – By Chris Wilson – Slate Magazine “Social-media sites like Wikipedia and Digg are celebrated as shining examples of Web democracy… in reality, a small number of people are running the… Continue Reading
Audio: Social Networks, Should companies build their own (White Label) or join existing ones (like Facebook) Build it, buy in a white label solution or simply link out and participate elsewhere – a good debate on the pros and cons… Continue Reading
flickrSLiDR – Embed Flickr Slideshows within Your Site allows you to easily embed the classic flickr slideshows on your website or blog. All you need to do is enter the flickr URL address of the user, photo set or group… Continue Reading
QIK | Streaming video right from your phone Stream live video fast to the world. Right from your phone. From your phone to the world! (tags: mobile video videosharing Journalism journalisttraining citizenjournalism)
The Blogging Czar of Moscow – the American who bought LiveJournal (tip of hat to liveblog – http://cognections.typepad.com/lifeblog/) (tags: livejournal blogging business businessweek)
CNN Producer Fired for Blogging – Requiem for a TV News Career “My HR rep’s response: “Well, as far as we know, you’re the only CNN employee who’s blogging under his own name.” (tags: cnn timewarner bloggingguidelines bloggingtechniques bloggingrestrictions Journalism)… Continue Reading
Poor People More Likely Use Yahoo, Those Better Off To Use Google (via Smartmobs) New data released by Hitwise yesterday shows that there is a socio-economic difference between those frequently using Yahoo and those more frequently using Google. (tags: academicresearch… Continue Reading
Pipes Mashup Turns Google Maps into a Blogging Tool “Although the general model of blogging is to post chronologically, there’s been a growing trend toward location-based posting. Current events, news, reviews and all kinds of other information can be made… Continue Reading
Job – Online Community Manager: Knight Foundation Knight Foundation seeks an Online Community Manager to be based in our Miami, Florida office, reporting to the Vice President of Communications. (tags: journalism onlinecommunitymanagement onlinecommunity bloggingfordollars)