"Compared to five years ago, internet penetration rose in all six countries surveyed and most dramatically in Jordan, Lebanon, and Tunisia. Smartphone ownership tracks closely with internet use in the six surveyed countries. Nearly all nationals in Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE own a sma
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rtphone compared with 83% of Jordanians and 65% of Tunisians. Use of Arabic online has increased proportionally with the increase in internet users. In comparison, use of the internet in English remains essentially flat, 25% in 2013 and 28% in 2017, despite the increase in internet use. As internet penetration rises, nationals are less likely to be using offline media platforms compared with 2013. Most nationals still watch TV, but the rate declined modestly since 2013 (98% in 2013 vs. 93% in 2017). Rates of newspaper readership, however, declined more sharply from 47% in 2013 to 25% in 2017. Radio and magazines also declined in popularity since 2013 (radio: 59% in 2013 vs. 49% in 2017; magazines: 26% in 2013 vs. 19% in 2017)." (Executive summary, page 10)
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"This report examines the social media strategies of a sample of six leading English-language Indian news organisations, two newspapers (Hindustan Times and The Indian Express), two television stations (NDTV and News18), and two digital-born organisations (Firstpost and The Quint). The context is ex
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tensive mobile internet access across India and a large and growing number of social media users, which have led news organisations to invest in social media. The organisations we focus on are oriented towards a predominantly affluent and urban English-speaking elite, and thus not representative of the industry as a whole, but they do provide a starting point for understanding how Indian news media are handling the challenges and opportunities that come with the rise of social media platforms. On the basis of interviews with senior editors and executives, as well as analysis of the Facebook and Twitter output of each organisation, we find that: Facebook is the most important social media platform for all the organisations covered here, in part because of its very large user base, but also because the company has collaborated actively with a number of Indian publishers. Twitter is seen as important for breaking news and for reaching elites, but has fewer users, drives less traffic, provides less support, and offers fewer opportunities for monetisation. News organisations take different strategic and operational approaches to social media. Strategically, most of the organisations covered here primarily pursue an on-site strategy oriented towards driving social media referrals to their website (where content can be monetised through advertising), though the recently launched digital-born organisation The Quint has embraced a greater off-site component, and has built large audiences via social media. Operationally, several organisations operate with a centralised social media team that creates, curates, and promotes content across social media, but some operate with decentralised teams where people across the newsroom are responsible for social media." (Executive summary)
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"In this report, developed with support from Facebook, we focus on an approach to extract public value from social media data that we believe holds the greatest potential: data collaboratives. Data collaboratives are an emerging form of public-private partnership in which actors from different secto
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rs exchange information to create new public value. Such collaborative arrangements, for example between social media companies and humanitarian organizations or civil society actors, can be seen as possible templates for leveraging privately held data towards the attainment of public goals. Existing research on data collaboratives is sparse, but a number of recent examples show how social media data can be leveraged for public good. These include Facebook’s sharing of population maps with humanitarian organizations following natural disasters; predicting adverse drug reactions through social media data analysis in Spain; and the city of Boston’s use of crowdsourced data from Waze to improve transportation planning. These examples and 9 additional cases are discussed in the full report. By assessing these examples, we identify five key value propositions behind the use of social media data for public goals: 1. Situational awareness and response; 2. Knowledge creation and transfer; 3. Public service design and delivery; 4. Prediction and forecasting; 5. Impact assessment and evaluation." (Pages 6-7)
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"This book brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines to address critical perspectives on Chinese language social media, internationalizing the state of social media studies beyond the Anglophone paradigm. The collection focuses on the intersections between Chinese language social media
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and disability, celebrity, sexuality, interpersonal communication, charity, diaspora, public health, political activism and non-governmental organisations (NGOs)." (Publisher description)
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"Ausgehend von der Geschichte des Internets und einer Definition des »Social Webs« werden zunächst dessen Erscheinungsformen vorgestellt, verglichen und eingeordnet. Darauf folgt eine Beschreibung der technischen Grundlagen sowie der auftretenden Gruppenprozesse und der gesellschaftlichen Bedeutu
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ng des »Social Webs«." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"This report is the fifth in a series of annual reports designed to capture key developments and data related to usage of social media in the Middle East. The past year has seen the continued growth of visual-led social networks, especially in the more affluent Gulf region. Meanwhile, the discernibl
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e growth in mobile social users(+66% notes the creative agency We Are Social) emphasizes the increasing primacy of the mobile social experience. For many users, mobile is the only way that they interact with social networks. Mobile platforms, for millions in the region, will also offer their first online experience. Recognizing this, companies like Facebook have launched Facebook Lite, an Android app targeting users on slow networks (and with small dataplans). Their Free Basics program allows customers on the Zain network in Jordan and Asia Cell, Korek and Zain in Iraq avoid data charges when using Facebook on their mobile devices. Will other providers follow suit? Yet, for all the positives, the social experience in some parts of the region remains beset with challenges. Networks and services can be blocked – both temporarily and permanently – and issues around freedom of expression persist." (Introduction)
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"Increasingly, the most powerful images from a news event are captured by eyewitnesses. The proliferation of smartphones and the popularity of social networks means that before a professional camera crew can arrive at the scene, there will almost always be footage of events already uploaded to the l
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ikes of Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Vine and Whatsapp, or streams appearing via Periscope or Facebook Live. Other bystanders might also have footage on their phones, which they have not posted online. If you work for a news organisation, it is likely you are interested in using some of these images. But how do you navigate the legal and ethical hurdles? This guide answers ten key questions you will face working with status updates on social networks and other online platforms as well as eyewitness media – photographs or videos captured by unofficial sources." (Introduction)
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"This article discusses how the use of social media fosters, motivates, and regulates social relations among the Arawakan- and Panoan- speaking indigenous groups in the state of Acre and the southern part of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, where even the smallest towns have recently received highspee
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d internet connections. The research this article is based on analyzed what motivates indigenous social media users in Amazonian Brazil. I have gathered ethnographic data over a number of fieldwork trips since 2003 and followed indigenous Facebook users since 2009. The article shows how social networking sites have become a powerful tool for (re)producing relationships and social economies. It looks at what social networking sites offer for indigenous people and how they impact and alter their social relationships. The findings suggest that social networking sites are generating new reflections on Amazonian indigenous traditions and knowledge, and changing the way indigenous Amazonians relate to others." (Abstract)
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»Wer Storytelling beherrscht, erreicht und fasziniert Menschen«, leitet Content-Experte Klaus Eck sein Vorwort zum Buch ein. »Die Theorie der Content Creation ist für die meisten Kommunikationsprofis kein Problem mehr. Doch was fehlt, sind die Umsetzung, die Ideen, die richtigen Tools. Genau an
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dieser Stelle setzt das Buch von Pia Kleine Wieskamp an: Es liefert Lösungen und lässt Storytelling-Praktiker zu Wort kommen, die bereits erfolgreich umgesetzte Storys präsentieren.« In diesem Buch erläutern Experten aus der Praxis ihres Berufsalltags heraus, was Storytelling bedeutet und wie sie die Methode ein- und umsetzen." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Der Band führt in die praktischen Grundlagen von Social Media ein und zeigt, wie sich durch Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube & Co. der Journalismus verändert hat. Er legt dar, wie die einzelnen Dienste sinnvoll im redaktionellen Alltag eingesetzt werden und wo Potential für weitergehende re
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daktionelle Strategien zu sehen ist. Eine wichtige Rolle wird dem Zusammenspiel mit dem Leser/Zuschauer/Zuhörer eingeräumt. Denn dieser rückt von der rein passiven Rezipienten-Rolle in die aktive Rolle eines Partners des Journalisten. Auch will der Umgang mit User-Material gelernt sein. Vom Überprüfen und Verifizieren von Youtube-Videos bis zum redaktionellen Crowdsourcing bietet das Buch Checklisten und Muster-Konzepte sowie Beispiele aus der Praxis." (Publisher description)
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"Zunehmend ist es nämlich nicht mehr die Frage „Was wird verbreitet?“, sondern die Frage „Was wird gefunden und kann verarbeitet werden?“, die über die Vielfalt der von uns wahrgenommenen Inhalte entscheidet. Vordergründig ist die Zahl der zur Verfügung stehenden Informationen ins Unerme
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ssliche gestiegen. Dort, wo früher teure und begrenzte Verbreitungswege zum Nadelöhr wurden und nach Spielregeln verlangten, dominiert heute die Grenzenlosigkeit des Netzes mit seinen letztlich unendlichen Ressourcen. Die Intermediäre, die hier den Nutzerinnen und Nutzern bei der Orientierung helfen, beurteilen Relevanz nicht mehr allein nach der gesellschaftlichen Bedeutung der Inhalte, sondern messen Relevanz primär an den spezifischen Interessen des einzelnen Nutzers bzw. der Nutzerin. Dennoch haben die Intermediäre mit ihren Leistungen auch einen mittelbaren Einfluss auf gesellschaftliche Kommunikationsprozesse. Wer über Algorithmen, Empfehlungen oder redaktionelle Kuratierung den Wahrnehmungshaushalt der Bürgerinnen und Bürger mitgestaltet, der trägt daher auch demokratische Verantwortung. Hier geht es nicht um düstere und netzkritische Verschwörungstheorien, sondern um Spielregeln für die strukturbildenden Angebote der öffentlichen Kommunikation, um die Stabilisierung von berechtigten Erwartungen, damit das nötige Vertrauen entstehen kann." (Vorwort, Seite 5-6)
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"Contemporary anthropology is done in a world where social and digital media are playing an increasingly significant role, where anthropological and arts practices are often intertwined in museum and public intervention contexts, and where anthropologists are encouraged to engage with mass media. Be
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cause anthropologists are often expected and inspired to ensure their work engages with public issues, these opportunities to disseminate work in new ways and to new publics simultaneously create challenges as anthropologists move their practice into unfamiliar collaborative domains and expose their research to new forms of scrutiny. In this volume, contributors question whether a fresh public anthropology is emerging through these new practices." (Publisher description)
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"Through innovative research studies and expert commentaries, this book documents the fast evolving invention of the relationship between the millions of social media and mobile phone users around Africa and traditional purveyors of news. Whilst social media demonstrates an unprecedented ability for
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the politically engaged to both bypass and influence traditional information flows, it also faces unique circumstances through much of Africa. Signs of social change brought by mobile technology are evident around the continent, raising questions about the nature of information exchange and citizenship. Working from a wide variety of perspectives and methodologies, the contributors to this collection address key questions emerging from rapid communication change in Africa. This book reveals how new, participatory, interactive communications technologies are enabling new tellings of Africa’s stories." (Publisher description)
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