News Participation Starts at ‘Home’
By FrontlineSMSMon standing on what was a boardwalk Photo credits: Instagramer, ncoronges Seemingly every major news event worldwide is heightening participation in news. People are eager to share updates and photos of an unfolding news event, ask questions of media outlets, and share important information. But there are two important aspects to this type of participation: (1) people are most interested in sharing news about the community around them, specifically with others in their community and (2) the mechanism by which they choose to share information is dependent upon personal habits and access. In other words, people write about their immediate world using their ‘home’ or go-to platform. Recently, Hurricane Sandy here in the United States demonstrated this, with Twitter and Instagram in particular serving as major platforms for people to participate in an unfolding, news-worthy event.
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News Participation Starts at ‘Home’
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on Nov 16 2012. Filed under mHealth, Technology.
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