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    1. FLOW COMMUNICATIONS | WEB DEVELOPMENT | DESIGN | JOURNALISM | MEDIA TRAINING Social networking and bookmarking for journalistic purposes 26 August 2008
    2. Agenda
      • Defining social networking and bookmarking
      • Overview of sites
      • Flickr
      • Facebook
      • Stumbleupon
      • Digg
      • Twitter
      • Youtube
    3. Definitions
    4. Definitions
      • Social networking: is the grouping of individuals together into to specific groups, often using online networking services.
      • People have always social networked but the internet has opened up ways of doing it globally
      • Social bookmarking: is a way of sharing, storing, organising, searching, and managing web pages on the internet
    5. Overview
    6. Overview of sites
      • We will be looking at the following sites and their usefulness for journalists:
      • Flickr: www.flickr.com
      • Facebook: www.facebook.com
      • Twitter: www.twitter.com
      • Stumbleupon: www.stumbleupon.com
      • Digg: http://digg.com/
      • Youtube: www.youtube.com
    7. Flickr
    8. Flickr continued
      • A photo-sharing website
      • Lets you search for images, connect with photographers and join groups about specific interests
      • Uses:
      • Search for photos related to your story
      • Put you in touch with photographers, and potential sources
      • Creative Commons ( www.creativecommons.org ): Many Flickr users offer their work under a Creative Commons license, saying upfront whether or not you can use their pictures
    9. Facebook
    10. Facebook continued
      • One of the most popular social networking services in the world: over 100 million people have joined facebook!
      • Networks: Regional, national and interest group based. Eg: South Africa, Wits University, TAC support group, fans of “Freshly Ground”
      • Uses:
      • Search for groups related to your story
      • Put you in touch with sources
      • Search for events
    11. Twitter
    12. Twitter continued
        • a service for groups to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one question: what are you doing now?
        • Search for and add people to “follow”, people may also follow you
        • Uses:
        • Peer group to access
        • Quick opinion polls
        • Advice
        • Tracking interest and trends
    13. Stumbleupon
    14. Stumbleupon continued
      • helps you discover and share great websites.
      • Randomly or through groups
      • Uses:
        • Tracking interest and trends
    15. Digg
    16. Digg Continued
      • Peer review mechanism
      • Share information and sites
      • Uses:
        • Tracking interest and trends
    17. Youtube
    18. Youtube Continued
      • Finding videos
      • Sharing videos
      • Video comments
      • Uses:
      • Finding content and resources
      • Audio-visual research

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