Facebook cuts back on news to give you more time with advertisers
Tom Felle, City, University of London Dear friends, it’s not us, it’s you. You are the problem. You’ve stopped sharing every intimate detail of your lives and we can’t monetise […]
Category Archives: Social Media
Facebook’s ‘fake news’ plan is doomed to failure – social media must do more to counter disinformation
Denys Prykhodov/Shutterstock.com Tom Felle, City, University of London Fake news has become an important focus for news foundations, democratic interest groups and various journalism academics and researchers, following claims that […]
Datablog – mapping
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Indo to move to “leaky” paywall model
There’s so much media news in today’s dailies it’s hard to know where to begin. I’m going to largely ignore the JNLRs because (a) I’m no broadcasting expert and (b) […]
Trust the big issue as mistakes mount for US networks
Politico’s ‘On Media’ team discuss a difficult week for the US media, particularly for CNN. As mistakes take their toll on the credability of the news media, trust is becoming […]
AP pulls Twitter account after hackers claim White House attacked
Earlier this evening the Associated Press deactivated its Twitter account after a bogus tweet claimed there had been two explosions at the White House, injuring President Barack Obama. The “news” […]
Why social media is killing journalism
Good journalism takes a little time. That’s just how it is. In the old days – and I overindulged just a little at my 36th birthday dinner a few weeks […]
Issues in Irish Journalism
Issues in Irish Journalism Clips from the most popular ‘Issues in Irish Journalism’ seminar series
