The document discusses the promise and perils of content curation on social media. It notes that the internet has made news more participatory, social, diverse and partisan. It also contains images related to hashtag usage, tweet activity on certain hashtags, and the connections between social media nodes. The document highlights the large amount of information on social media and the need to act quickly, but also questions whether there is enough meaningful content. It concludes by noting the hunger for nutritious social media and quotes Alan Alda about challenging assumptions.

1. The #HSCM Report
The Promise and Perils of Content Curation
Dr Richard McCrory MRCP(UK)
Queen’s University Belfast
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
@iamdoctord
rmccrory02@qub.ac.uk

2. Nothing to
Declare…

3. “The Internet has
turned the news
industry upside down,
making it more
participatory, social,
diverse and partisan –
as it used to be
before the arrival of
the mass media.”
The Economist, July 7th, 2011

7. Link
#Hashtag

16. Tweet Activity on
#hcsm

19. Node Colour
= Modularity
= Density of connections
within groups
Node Size
= Eigenvector Centrality ≈ ‘PageRank’
= Influence of a Node in a Network

22. Source @nytimes

25. What should I
Remember?
I need to act
fast!
Not enough
meaning!
There’s too
much
information!

28. There is a hunger for Nutritious Social Media
Credit: Joel Topf (@kidney_boy)

29. “Begin challenging your own
assumptions. Your assumptions are
your windows on the world. Scrub
them off every once in while, or the
light won't come in.”
Alan Alda