FLOW COMMUNICATIONS | WEB DEVELOPMENT | DESIGN | JOURNALISM | MEDIA TRAINING Social networking and bookmarking for journalistic purposes 26 August 2008

Agenda Defining social networking and bookmarking Overview of sites Flickr Facebook Stumbleupon Digg Twitter Youtube

Defining social networking and bookmarking

Overview of sites

Flickr

Facebook

Stumbleupon

Digg

Twitter

Youtube

Definitions

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

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

Overview

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

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

Flickr

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

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

Facebook

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

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

Twitter

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

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

Stumbleupon

Stumbleupon continued helps you discover and share great websites. Randomly or through groups Uses: Tracking interest and trends

helps you discover and share great websites.

Randomly or through groups

Uses:

Tracking interest and trends

Digg

Digg Continued Peer review mechanism Share information and sites Uses: Tracking interest and trends

Peer review mechanism

Share information and sites

Uses:

Tracking interest and trends

Youtube

Youtube Continued Finding videos Sharing videos Video comments Uses: Finding content and resources Audio-visual research

Finding videos

Sharing videos

Video comments

Uses:

Finding content and resources

Audio-visual research