Social Media
Posts about social media platforms, how to use them and techniques for getting the best results.
Hackers harvesting Instagram accounts Paid Members Public
This month has seen a spate of connected Instagram account hacking - with no clear objective. Why?
Twitter's "them and us" problem Paid Members Public
Twitter has fallen a very long way from its roots as the place where you went to find out what was happening - and to discuss it. If it's just about an elite telling us their thoughts, does it really matter all?
WhatsApp, mob justice and the desperate need for a strategic response worldwide Paid Members Public
Messaging apps are allowing misinformation to spread faster than ever before, and tactical responses aren't working. We need to address this at a societal level, with research and education.
The Lily: iterating a visual and editorial voice (News Impact Summit, Paris) Paid Members Public
For the social media generation, the design of a story is just as important as the journalism. The Lily's Amy King explained the team's interactive approach to design at the News Impact Summit.
Facebook has implemented a traffic threshold for Instant Articles Paid Members Public
It appears Facebook has quietly implemented a traffic threshold for getting access to Instant Articles. Sites that fall below it are losing access to the format.
Digital News Report 2018: traffic from — and trust in — social media on the decline Paid Members Public
The new Digital News Report is out - and things are looking grim in the intersection of social media and news. Here's a couple of preliminary observations.
Understanding the meme Paid Members Public
Abby Rabinowitz, writing for Nautilus about memes [http://nautil.us/issue/5/fame/the-meme-as-meme]: > But trawling the Internet, I found a strange paradox: While memes were everywhere, serious meme theory was almost nowhere. Richard Dawkins, the famous evolutionary biologist who coined the word “meme” in his classic 1976 book,
Quote of the Day Paid Members Public
> Social media first undermined the media’s and institutions’ credibility, and now their own. Peter Bihr [https://thewavingcat.com/2018/03/01/welcome-to-the-post-social-media-era/]
