Social News News through the eyes of the public

What is Social News? Social as in community, not socialism The public (community, users) decides what news are important Three types of participation Users create and submit content Users submit content that someone else created Users rate existing content

The public (community, users) decides what news are important

Three types of participation

Users create and submit content

Users submit content that someone else created

Users rate existing content

User Contributed Content The public (users) create the content

Different Outlets for User Generated Content ​ Personal Blogs Blog Networks Sites Accepting Content From the Public Online Newspaper Blogs Wiki News Open Source News

Personal Blogs

Blog Networks

Sites Accepting Content From the Public

Online Newspaper Blogs

Wiki News

Open Source News

Sites Accepting Content from the Public Characteristics Users report on events The community participate by giving feedback Non edited Non fact checked CNN's iReport. com Newsvine .com Content by citizen journalists

Characteristics

Users report on events

The community participate by giving feedback

Non edited

Non fact checked

CNN's iReport. com

Newsvine .com

User Submitted Content Users find stories and submit links

User Submitted Content Sites Also known as Bookmarking sites Digg.com Reddit.com Yahoo Buzz! Community Members Vote On Stories Many, Many, Many Niche Communities

Also known as Bookmarking sites

Digg.com

Reddit.com

Yahoo Buzz!

Community Members Vote On Stories

Many, Many, Many Niche Communities

User Rated Content All Social News Sites Depend On This Feature

How News Popularity is Measured Votes Star rating Thumbs up or down Digg or Buzz! Comments Blog comments Link comments News get rated by user participation Views, Votes, Comments

Votes

Star rating

Thumbs up or down

Digg or Buzz!

Comments

Blog comments

Link comments

News get rated by user participation

Views, Votes, Comments

Other News Sources People express themselves in many ways Podcasts Niche news, special interests Micro-blogging (micro messaging) Twitter.com Obama most popular (+129,000 followers) Real-time updates (virtually) anywhere Tumblelogs Tumblr.com Video Logs (vlogs)

Podcasts

Niche news, special interests

Micro-blogging (micro messaging)

Twitter.com

Obama most popular (+129,000 followers)

Real-time updates (virtually) anywhere

Tumblelogs

Tumblr.com

Video Logs (vlogs)

We don’t have computers because we want to interact with machines; we have them because they allow us to communicate more effectively with other people. Douglas Rushkoff “ ”

Thanks! Resources http://socialnewsblog.blogspot.com http://slideshare.net/socialnews http://twitter.com/socialnewsblog

http://socialnewsblog.blogspot.com

http://slideshare.net/socialnews

http://twitter.com/socialnewsblog