Social Media Impact on

Journalism

JournalismWhat is ?

… the activity or profession of writing for newspapers or magazines or of

broadcasting news on radio or televisionSource: http://oxforddictionaries.com/

Journalism

… the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad

audience.Source:Wikipedia

… is defined as….

… the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting

news or of conducting any news organization as a business.

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/journalism

1702

The Daily Courant became famous for being the world's fi rst regular daily newspaper (1702)

The New York Daily Times published in 1851

1890s – the YELLOW journalismgive them what they want and sell more

Johann Carolus's Relati on aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien - the fi rst newspaper (1605).

History of Journalism

Social MediaWhat is ?

…the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn

communication into an interactive dialogue.

Source:Wikipedia

Social Media… is defined as….

…an umbrella term that defines the various activities that

integrate technology, social interaction, and the construction

of words and pictures..Source:iContact

Sources: http://library.thinkquest.org/27629/themes/media/md00s.html http://matetrack.webs.com/SOCIAL/SOCIAL.html http://www.skidzopedia.com/2008/11/21/17-people-who-enhanced-the-web/

1990sOnline – newspaper

&magazines

1926 NBCRadio network

1939TV in NY World Fair

1891Radio1792

telegraph

1890Telephone

1990Tim Berners – Lee

1965E-mail

1999Blogger

2001

1997

2003

2004

2005

2006

timeline of social media

“in 1993 1% in 2000 51%,

in 2007 97%

of all telecommunicated information was carried over the Internet.” Source:Wikipedia

Citizen Journalism“…the concept of members of the public "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information…”

Source:Wikipedia

Online (and/or) Social Journalism“… the reporting of facts produced and distributed via the Internet…”“… you gather information in social media channels and then report it to readers..”

Source:Wikipediahttp://blog.publish2.com

video

Wider and immediate circulation

Content much more pointed and personal

Expanding and illuminating the news

Complete picture of events

Credibility of the media source

Everyone remembers who got it wrong

Fewer original contents

Other reporters can check what other journalist are doing

Trends

Audience have a bigger voice than before

People are migrating online Newspapers have online platforms

Relevant and concise information

user-generated content

46% of the population goes online to look for news at least 3 times per week

Consumers tend to trust and rely more on their peers and social network community

200 news sites with the highest traffic, 81% are traditional media or aggregators of it

Trends

Impact of SM in Journalism

Interaction with the audienceInstant feedbackOngoing never stops

The audience gets to know the reporter on a more personal level

More intimacy

Immediate global reachMassive Instant

Impact of SM in Journalism

Higher dependency on social media tools

Even real professional journalists or some public figures also use them

Builds new relationships people trust information on their own network

Mobile Journalism “MoJo” and Social Media -Citizen Journalism

Democratizing the world of news journalism

What now is the role of the professional media?

video

Ethical IssuesJournalists or not

Hard to differentiate

– Different backgrounds

– Different purposes

– Different sets of norms?

– How to control it?

Ethical Issues

Sources

Verifying

Citing

“…information depositories such Wikipedia, with more than three quarters of journalists across all four markets turning to them on a weekly basis.”

Cision Europe, 2011 Social Journalism Study

Future of Journalism

Promote and distribute content

Research and Interviewing

Crowdsourcing

Publishing

Future of Journalism

Real time coverage

Collaborative reporting

Relate news, tell stories

Future of Journalism

Journalists as curators

Source: The future of Social Media in Journalism mashable.com/2010/09/13/future-social-media-journalism/

People choosing, not editors

• http://blogs.imediaconnection.com/blog/2010/05/27/5-ways-social-media-impacts-journalism/

• http://www.statesman.com/opinion/insight/social-media-reshapes-journalism-613810.html

•http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/eight_simple_rules_for_doing_a.php?page=all

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56nNgh9VVts

• http://www.clasesdeperiodismo.com/

•The future of Social Media in Journalism mashable.com/2010/09/13/future-social-media-journalism/

•10 ways Journalism Schools Are Teaching Social Media http://mashable.com/2009/06/19/teaching-social-media/

References