Comments on: Social networking and the news habit http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/social-networking-and-the-news-habit/ Notes from the classroom and observations about today's practice of journalism online Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:02:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Teaching Online Journalism » “Micro media” and our mobile future http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/social-networking-and-the-news-habit/#comment-2672 Teaching Online Journalism » “Micro media” and our mobile future Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:32:22 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/social-networking-and-the-news-habit/#comment-2672 [...] post here: Social networking and the news habit (June 20, [...] [...] post here: Social networking and the news habit (June 20, [...]

]]> By: james clifford http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/social-networking-and-the-news-habit/#comment-2267 james clifford Sun, 24 Jun 2007 03:12:45 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/social-networking-and-the-news-habit/#comment-2267 <p>Newspapers wouldn't be in the mess they are if they had stuck to basics. I was in the belly of the beast for 40 years and went from typewriter to computer. <br/> Talk radio was the first crack in the wall. It allowed the media disenfranchised to vent. Soon there will be no reporters, just content providers. Looks like form has finally overtaken function.Would anyone really have cared 40 years ago what the talk was in the back print shop? Jim Clifford</p> Newspapers wouldn’t be in the mess they are if they had stuck to basics. I was in the belly of the beast for 40 years and went from typewriter to computer.
Talk radio was the first crack in the wall. It allowed the media disenfranchised to vent. Soon there will be no reporters, just content providers. Looks like form has finally overtaken function.Would anyone really have cared 40 years ago what the talk was in the back print shop? Jim Clifford

]]> By: Jade Walker http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/social-networking-and-the-news-habit/#comment-2266 Jade Walker Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:54:41 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/social-networking-and-the-news-habit/#comment-2266 <p>I love Livejournal.com and so do more than 13 million other folks. Here are some more stats:<br/><br/>Gender of LJ users:<br/>* Male: 1785930 (32.9%)<br/>* Female: 3649230 (67.1%)<br/>* Unspecified: 2121420<br/><br/>Demographics: <br/>* United States - 3385364<br/>* Russian Federation - 480615<br/>* Canada - 288137<br/>* United Kingdom - 250584<br/>* Australia - 118763<br/><br/>Most Popular in These States:<br/>* California - 557520<br/>* Florida - 355969<br/>* New York - 336103<br/>* Michigan - 278833<br/>* Texas - 251237</p> I love Livejournal.com and so do more than 13 million other folks. Here are some more stats:

Gender of LJ users:
* Male: 1785930 (32.9%)
* Female: 3649230 (67.1%)
* Unspecified: 2121420

Demographics:
* United States - 3385364
* Russian Federation - 480615
* Canada - 288137
* United Kingdom - 250584
* Australia - 118763

Most Popular in These States:
* California - 557520
* Florida - 355969
* New York - 336103
* Michigan - 278833
* Texas - 251237

]]> By: Mindy McAdams http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/social-networking-and-the-news-habit/#comment-2265 Mindy McAdams Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:33:05 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/social-networking-and-the-news-habit/#comment-2265 <p>Thanks for the tip, David! That study is <a HREF="http://www.wan-press.org/article14281.html" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">here</a>. The link goes to a summary, and on that page you'll find the full report linked as a PDF file. Sweet.<br/><br/>I wonder if branding is going to change for media and news organizations in the future. Certain news brands carry high credibility today, but only among certain groups. (For example, Fox News.)</p> Thanks for the tip, David! That study is here. The link goes to a summary, and on that page you’ll find the full report linked as a PDF file. Sweet.

I wonder if branding is going to change for media and news organizations in the future. Certain news brands carry high credibility today, but only among certain groups. (For example, Fox News.)

]]> By: David Nolan http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/social-networking-and-the-news-habit/#comment-2264 David Nolan Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:05:12 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/social-networking-and-the-news-habit/#comment-2264 <p>There is an interesting study out from the World Association of Newspapers on youth media behavior. Newspapers must watch out for online competition from social networks like MySpace and Facebook. The study found this phenomenon is on the rise and that participants in the study listed “discussion with friends” as their top source for news and information—higher than television and print news. The authors of the study say that the best strategy is for news organizations to insert themselves into these new social networks through the use of news aggregators. Unfortunately, the problem this creates according to the authors of the study is that those using social networks don’t realize they’re getting their news from online newspapers. Thus content branding is lost. When creating multimedia content for future use such as a social network site we may need to think about how we are branding our content to identify where it comes from.</p> There is an interesting study out from the World Association of Newspapers on youth media behavior. Newspapers must watch out for online competition from social networks like MySpace and Facebook. The study found this phenomenon is on the rise and that participants in the study listed “discussion with friends” as their top source for news and information—higher than television and print news. The authors of the study say that the best strategy is for news organizations to insert themselves into these new social networks through the use of news aggregators. Unfortunately, the problem this creates according to the authors of the study is that those using social networks don’t realize they’re getting their news from online newspapers. Thus content branding is lost. When creating multimedia content for future use such as a social network site we may need to think about how we are branding our content to identify where it comes from.

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