Consequences of social media uses and journalistic endeavours

An interesting and informaitve article by the Australian on social media and its apparent consequences and uses by journalists. The wide-spread uses of Twitter and its far-reaching or sensationalised impact is discussed in this article. There is also a great quote: "social media platform Facebook is for your schoolfriends and Twitter is for the people you wish you went to school with."

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"social media platform Facebook is for your schoolfriends and Twitter is for the people you wish you went to school with."
- For whom the tweet tolls | The Australian (view on Google Sidewiki)

Stats: Website hits on News websites 2007

In comparision to the print readership levels of 2007 here are the news websites monthly statistics.

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"News websites - Unique Browsers (UBs) Ave monthly UBsApr-Jun 2007 Ave monthly UBsApr-Jun 2006 smh.com.au 3,194,207 2,138,154 theage.com.au 2,338,443 1,544,457"
- 2.4 Audience - Website Visits: State of the News Print Media of Australia 2007 Report (view on Google Sidewiki)

World Internet Project research

The website to the World Internet Project where the impact on the internet on our social, political and economic lives in continually studied. Research from the report in relation to newspaper readership and social media will be examined.

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""The invention of the Internet has forever altered the world we live in. Not since the industrial revolution have we seen such profound change in the way we work... we shop... we get our news... and conduct business."
- World Internet Project (view on Google Sidewiki)

STATS on whether readers will pay for online content

very interesting article on Crikey re: readers willingness to pay for online content.
7/10 would not pay anything
3/4 of young people would not pay

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"Australian researchers working with the international World Internet Project have conducted their first survey on whether and how much Australians will pay for content online. The results have been released to Crikey, and they are depressing for Rupert. Seven out of 10 Australians would not consider paying anything at all. Young people were particularly against the idea, with three quarters saying they would not pay."
- Will Aussies pay for Murdoch’s news? – Crikey (view on Google Sidewiki)

Twitter considered a newspaper column now?

More commentary on Catherine Deveny and the connections apparently made between social media and newspaper columns... are they now the same? Can a writer only get paid jobs after establishing an online presence for oneself via the social media sites but then forgo those rights to freedom of speech once a paid writing position is offered?

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"her joking remarks were not in the context of her work for The Age. A personal Twitter feed, whether “public” or not, is not a newspaper column."
- Meanjin · The best of new writing in Australia · Women behaving badly? (view on Google Sidewiki)

Comments made on Deveny's blog

In relation to social media and its sudden re-catergorising as directly related to one's employment, and as truthful, serious 'columns' in 140 characters... why are there any newspapers still being printed if we can get everything from twitter?

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"Your twitter page is your personal RIGHT. and your newspaper has the right to edit before publication."
- Catherine Deveny (view on Google Sidewiki)

Editorial policies of mainstream media

Interesting comments by Deveny on the Age's editorial policies and the consideration of tabloid programs such as ACA leading to her sacking...

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"Deveny questioned whether The Age's editorial policy was being determined by a tabloid current affairs program."
- Ousted columnist Catherine Deveny queries Age editorial policy after Twitter rants sacking | The Australian (view on Google Sidewiki)