TikTok
Weaning media off its social addiction
Kicking the social media traffic fix, plus links on the tricks of pseudoscience and the future of media.
TikTok
Posts about the controversial Chinese-owned social network
Five Morning Links #2: Unleash the Zuckercopier
Is this the Reels life? Or is it just Facebook fantasy?
explainer journalism
Time, TikTok, teams and toxic tweets: journalism in 2020
From storytelling on TikTok to explainer journalism, there's plenty to make you think today…
social & digital lunchbreak
Niches, networks and the secrets of TikTok revealed
Useful reading on the future of publishing, the secrets of TikTok and the growth of online community during the pandemic.
engaged reading digest
Engaged Reading Digest: Google fights misinformation with $$$$
Google fights back against Covid-19 misinformation, YouTube prepares its TikTok clone and the click frauders gear up…
attention
Engaged Reading Digest: who won the attention election?
A quick round-up of useful digital publishing reading from around the web, including the Beeb on the Dark Web, and journalism LIVE.
TikTok
TikTok is the social media hype cycle on speed
TikTok stars are “fading” already - and the reason why suggests the challenge ahead for the platform.
engaged reading digest
Engaged Reading Digest: Content is collapsing, TikTok is toxifying and a secret(ish) tool
Another week, and more news from around the web for engaged journalists…
engaged reading digest
Engaged Reading Digest: image verification, cops on TikTok — and why celebs are using a social platform you've never heard of
It's easy to get sucked into the idea that social media is mainly a promotional tool. Today's digest is a reminder that it's much more than that — for good and ill
audience engagement
Engaged Reading Digest: constructive journalism, news moments, TikTok and trolls
Moving on from just reporting the problems, exposing new times for engaging with readers and more, in this selection of fine, artisanal links.
engaged reading digest
Engaged Reading Digest: Radicalisation, Copyright and Piers
Get ready for another week at the journalism coalface with some essential weekend reading…