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Taylor G

Is Twitter a Valid News Source? | Strategic Social Media - 0 views

  • Twitter users are able to share their ideas and beliefs on topics and provide followers with various insights.  I would say there are upsides and downsides to using twitter as a news source.
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      It provides a forum for public comment. This article says "Everyone likes speaking their mind and twitter provides users with that ability".
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      The news is always focused on what's relevant because it's always what's happening at the moment or what's important.
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      Opinion is clearly separated from fact on twitter however "Twitter has had a history of not always providing accurate information".
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    Twitter users are able to share their ideas and beliefs on topics and provide followers with various insights. I would say there are upsides and downsides to using twitter as a news source.
Taylor G

Twitter: a reliable source of news or a reliable source of gossip? - The Crescent Online - 0 views

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      "One hundred and forty characters are all "Tweeters" get to make their point. That is characters, not words, folks. An average New York Times news article can easily run 1500 words." It is not loyal to readers.
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      "breaking news can be reported almost the instant it happens." The news is significant, interesting, and relevant.
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      "I think it is great if Sarah Palin wants to announce her resignation on Twitter, but I think it sounds bad when news stations cite a source such as Twitter. What if a news source cited Myspace? Why would the public perceive that as tacky, but somehow Twitter is credible?" It follows the element of: Encourage Monitoring Those in Power and Giving Voice to the Voiceless
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    Twitter. It is a simplified Facebook for some, a way to connect with celebrities for others, and now a reliable news source? I beg to differ.
Taylor G

A journalistic conundrum: When does Twitter count as a reliable source? - CSMonitor.com - 0 views

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      "it's incontrovertible that the service allowed Americans a peek into a world that would otherwise have been sealed up pretty tightly." It shows a responsibility to conscience.
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      "they were waiting for us - they all have guns and riot uniforms - it was like a mouse trap - ppl being shot like animals #Iranelection 9:53 AM Jun 24th from web" It keeps it short and relevant on twitter rather than reading through everything in the news paper just to get a little bit of information.
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    We've devoted a lot of space here in recent weeks to Twitter, and for good reason: the June 12 elections in Iran were a major turning point for the social network. Whatever you think of Twitter - a lark, a waste of time, a brain-busting sociological malady - it's incontrovertible that the service allowed Americans a peek into a world that would otherwise have been sealed up pretty tightly.
Michelle Papp

New Facebook Feature: A Subscription to Friends' Feeds - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • To help manage this problem, Facebook on Wednesday introduced a “subscription button,” which allows people to subscribe to parts of your news feed without having to become your Facebook friend. The new feature feels very similar to the follow button on Twitter, where you choose to follow someone’s feed.
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      I find this article newsworthy because so many people use Facebook to communicate, and updates and improvements to the site make this possible. The newsworthy qualities that this story contains are proximity, timeliness, and importance/impact. Proximity is because Facebook is an international institution that is available to all, therefore the story takes place just within people's computer screens. The story is timely because the news was received from Facebook officials just yesterday, and published today, and the story has great impact because of the incredible numbers of Facebook users.
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    To help manage this problem, Facebook on Wednesday introduced a "subscription button," which allows people to subscribe to parts of your news feed without having to become your Facebook friend. The new feature feels very similar to the follow button on Twitter, where you choose to follow someone's feed.
Will D

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Pleads Guilty in Plane Bomb Attempt - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    "Nigerian Man Pleads Guilty in Qaeda Plane Bombing Case DETROIT - Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a commercial airliner with a bomb in his underwear in 2009, abruptly pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to each of the eight counts against him, officials said. Enlarge This Image U.S. Marshals Service, via Associated Press Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Related U.S. Says Man Admitted Plot to Blow Up Passenger Jet (October 12, 2011) Times Topic: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab National Twitter Logo. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @NYTimesNational for breaking news and headlines. Readers' Comments Share your thoughts. Post a Comment » Read All Comments (60) » The sudden reversal came before the start of the second day of proceedings in the jury trial of Mr. Abdulmutallab, who is not a lawyer but who was representing himself and had pleaded not guilty months ago. After officially entering his guilty plea, Mr. Abdulmutallab, dressed in a gold-shaded tunic, calmly read a six-minute speech to the courtroom in which he suggested that his crimes had been a fitting payback for American-led killings of people in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere, and that he would never be judged as guilty under Islamic law. "I intended to wreck a U.S. aircraft for the U.S. wreckage of Muslim lands and property," the Associated Press quoted him as saying. "
Erin Moskovciak

Senator uses Twitter to shed 50 pounds - The Chart - CNN.com Blogs - 0 views

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    Senator uses Twitter to shed 50 pounds In May, Sen. Claire McCaskill tweeted that she needed a change. "I'm tired of looking and feeling fat. Maybe talking about it publicly will keep me on track as I try to be more disciplined. Off to the gym." Her tweet was picked up by the blog Jezebel, which wrote that, "women, no matter what their role in public life, face a greater social penalty for being 'fat.'"
Sarah Gabbard

Netflix CEO admits 'arrogance,' renames disc business Qwikster - latimes.com - 0 views

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Tom McHale

Cardinals Elect Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as New Pope - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    "VATICAN CITY - With a puff of white smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and to the cheers of thousands of rain-soaked faithful, a gathering of Catholic cardinals picked a new pope from among their midst on Wednesday - choosing the cardinal from Argentina, the first South American to lead the church. The new pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio (pronounced Ber-GOAL-io), will be called Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. He is also the first non-European pope in more than 1,200 years and the first member of the Jesuit order to lead the church"
Tom McHale

Classroom Guide to The First Amendment in a Digital Age - Knight Foundation - 0 views

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    This guide is designed to give teachers the tools and ideas they need to engage students using social media and existing curricula. The guide was inspired by the recent Knight Foundation study "Future of the First Amendment 2011" written by Dr. Kenneth Dautrich. The Knight study - based on a survey of 12,090 high school students and 900 high school teachers -- indicates that students who are most active in social media also have the best sense of First Amendment principles. That suggests that Twitter, Facebook and other social media can play an important supplemental role in the classroom.
Tom McHale

For Martin's Case, a Long Route to National Attention - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old, was fatally shot on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla. The next day his death was a top story on the Fox-affiliated television station in Orlando, the closest big city to Sanford. Within a week it was being covered by newspapers around the state. But it took several weeks before the rest of the country found out. It was not until mid-March, after word spread on Facebook and Twitter, that the shooting of Trayvon by George Zimmerman, 26, was widely reported by the national news media, highlighting the complex ways that news does and does not travel in the Internet age.
Tom McHale

A digital boost for free speech - 0 views

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    Each year on Constitution Day, students and teachers celebrate the most fundamental laws of our republic. On this Constitution Day, they should also celebrate Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and other social media. Why? Because it turns out that social media are good for the Constitution. Specifically, they're good for the First Amendment. Fully 91 percent of students who use social networking to get news and information daily believe people should be allowed to express unpopular opinions, compared with 77 percent of those who never use social networks to get news. Not all the news is good this year. While more students understand that government can't censor the media in this country, nearly 40 percent still don't. While more students say they think about the First Amendment, most still don't. Even so, when the numbers start to move in the right direction, it's cause for celebration. Do we have teachers to thank for recent improvements in First Amendment attitudes? Not really. Fewer students say they get First Amendment instruction in school than in our last survey. And only 30 percent of teachers say they are teaching the subject. I'm afraid many teachers are a drag on First Amendment learning. The survey says most don't support free expression rights in a school context. They don't think school papers should print controversial articles. They don't think students should post about school on Facebook. And they mostly think social media hurt teaching.
Tom McHale

Teens Favor Social Media Over Blogs - 0 views

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    Blogs are so last decade. The preferred mode of communication, at least among young people, is social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, according to a survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. According to the report, only 14 percent of teen Internet users (12 to 17 year olds) in the United States today say they blog, compared to 28 percent in 2006."
Tom McHale

Connected, not just online. | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/03/2010 - 0 views

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    Facebook. Twitter. MySpace. Cell phones. Blogs. Time thieves, all of them. Or at least that's how they've sometimes been portrayed in news media, common lore, and even the occasional scholarly study. Social media just add to the Great American Isolation, right? Not so, says a study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
Marisa M

The iPhone 4S Feels New, Even If It Looks Old - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    There was clearly some disappointment after Apple's iPhone 4S announcement Tuesday. Twitter was awash with despondent Apple fans who had expected an iPhone 5.   Investors seemed just as crestfallen. Apple's stock fell sharply during the speech. (It bounced back a bit by the close of trading.)
Ali M

Phillies-Cardinals - Who Needs a Black Cat? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    St. Louis won, 5-3, on Wednesday to force a decisive Game 5 on Friday. If the Phillies did not have enough to worry about - like the suddenly dormant bat of Ryan Howard - they now have to contend with a rally squirrel with a Twitter account.
Taylor G

U.S. Intelligence Unit Aims to Build a 'Data Eye in the Sky' - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Now social scientists are trying to mine the vast resources of the Internet - Web searches and Twitter messages, Facebook and blog posts, the digital location trails generated by billions of cellphones - to do the same thing.
Barath P

Dispute Over Apple Image Shows Internet's Reach - Yahoo! Finance - 0 views

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    Mr. Mak's design of a silhouetted profile of Mr. Jobs in the Apple company logo was shared across the Web and reported by news media. The actor Ashton Kutcher posted the design on his Twitter account.
Tom McHale

Football Players Have More Concussions Than Are Diagnosed, Study Suggests | TIME - 0 views

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    "Teens today might have a mixed reputation, but there's no denying their influence. They command millions of fans on Twitter and Vine, start companies with funds they raised on Kickstarter, steal scenes on TV's most popular shows, lead protests with global ramifications, and even-as of Friday-win Nobel Peace Prizes. But which ones rise above the rest? We analyzed social-media followings, cultural accolades, business acumen and more to determine this year's list (ordered from youngest to oldest)."
Tom McHale

Another day, another record for the Dow  - Business on NBCNews.com - 1 views

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    "Stocks ended higher Wednesday, with the Dow extending its gains to post a record high for the second-straight day, amid signs of improvement in the labor market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly crossed above 14,300 for the first time, led by Bank of America and Hewlett-Packard. Verizon led the blue-chip laggards."
Tom McHale

Louisville Beats Michigan, 82-76, to Win National Championship | Bleacher Report - 0 views

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    "With the entire world watching, Louisville outlasted Michigan, 82-76, in an absolute classic that will instantly go down as one of the best national championship games in a long time."
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