January 16, 2013 •
Digital News •
by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova
A new contract between Instagram and its users will take effect Saturday (Jan. 19), and the far from smooth transition in shifting contracts has taken the photo sharing service to the courthouse. As lawyers, concerned users and service...
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November 27, 2012 •
Digital News •
by Philip Di Salvo
A new study on Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia shows how interaction among users proclaiming political affiliation is more cross party than previously imagined. The recent U.S. presidential election evidenced the indispensability of the...
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September 18, 2012 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl and Lena Genennig
Is Chancellor Angela Merkel responsible for the turn in German energy policy, or was the shift caused by journalists? This question may keep future historians busy, for they may never find a clear answer. Media researchers Hans Mathias...
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August 18, 2012 •
Digital News •
by Sven Engesser and Edda Humprecht
Few newsrooms utilize the technical potential of Twitter. In a new study conducted by the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research (IPMZ) at the University of Zurich, researchers attempt to measure the spread of microblogging...
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March 26, 2012 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Ilze Olsteina
Media managers confront a new branding dilemma concerning the Twitter “behavior” of their employees. Many media leaders are now asking whether tweets should be accredited to their publishing houses and if so, how should this be done?...
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January 26, 2011 •
Digital News •
by Tina Bettels
Most German news editors are of the opinion that the importance of Twitter is currently overrated. The “overrated” notion emerged as the result of a survey among editorial offices within the frame of the study “Twitter and...
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September 11, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
How a mustachioed outlier learned to use Twitter and suckered the media. An otherwise unknown loon takes control of the newscycle, gives more than 150 interviews prior to being awarded a formal press conference, and in the end, reneges on...
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July 25, 2010 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes. The cyberworld, it seems, is condemned to the same ineludible limitations. Facebook users are dying. So are Twitterers, MySpacers, Flickrers and Tumblrers. But as social media users...
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June 9, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
We know the differences between YouTube and the Financial Times are voluminous. And yes, we’ve also learned that people are doing more with YouTube than searching for videos of spastic housecats swinging from ceiling fans. But...
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