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Tweets and TruthJournalism as a discipline of collaborative verification
Alfred Hermida
Future of Journalism 2011Cardiff University, 8 – 9 September
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Social awareness streams• “They disrupt
established concepts of communication, prevailing notions of space and time and the distinction between public and private spheres.”• Arceneaux and Schmitz
Weiss, 2010
Photo: Tasayu Tasnaphun Legay http://www.flickr.com/photos/tasayu/
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Facts, truth, realityVerification as the essence of journalism (Kovach and Rosenstiel, 2001)
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Networked architectures• “Journalists must find
tools that will enlist a methodology of verification in a more citizen-oriented way.”• Kovach, 2006
Photo: Haags UitburoTasnaphun http://www.flickr.com/photos/haagsuitburo/
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Twitter users as network of news sensorsSakaki et al, 2010
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Emerging practices: “Live updates” pages“The unfolding truth in all its guises,” Herrmann, 2009
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Discussion• “Facts are messy,
difficult to determine and they are often dependent on interpretation.”• Brennen, 2009
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Discussion• Reporter-curators
“will take advantage of novel ‘verification technologies’ that will be increasingly faster and more reliable and advanced.”• Bruno, 2010
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Conclusion• Journalism as a
tentative and iterative process where contested accounts are examined and evaluated in public in real-time on social awareness streams.
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Thank you
• [email protected]• @hermida
• New book out now• All royalties go to Reporters Without Borders