Social Media and Journalism

In class recently we had a presentation from Kathryn Corrick, who is working with McCann Ericsson on digital strategy.

She talked about what's new in social media, the latest social networking websites and tools, and how we can use the internet and technology to our advantage in journalism.

The major trends highlighted were to do with mobile phones, and social media websites that enable you to send information from your mobile to the site with one click.

This super fast and easy methodology is a great boost for journalism, because in todays constant race against time, with so many incidents and events occuring globally, the internet along with the right technology allows us to keep posting new information and updates.

In my opinion, it certainly promotes citizen journalism, because everyone, in most established countries have mobile phones, and it doesn't take a genius to record or take a photograph of a newsworthy event which can end up on prominent websites like the BBC's.




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