Social Networking for Journalists

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

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

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


Flickr


Flickr continued

• A photo-sharing website• Lets you search for images, connect with photographers

and join groups about specific interests

• Uses:

1. Search for photos related to your story

2. Put you in touch with photographers, and potential sources

3. 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:

1. Search for groups related to your story

2. Put you in touch with sources

3. 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:

1.Peer group to access

2.Quick opinion polls

3.Advice

4.Tracking interest and trends


Stumbleupon


Stumbleupon continued

• helps you discover and share great websites.• Randomly or through groups• Uses:

1. Tracking interest and trends


Digg


Digg Continued

• Peer review mechanism• Share information and sites

• Uses:1. Tracking interest and trends


Youtube


Youtube Continued

• Finding videos• Sharing videos• Video comments• Uses:

1. Finding content and resources

2. Audio-visual research

Social Networking for Journalists

Education

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