Sociotope brings your online identity to life
While browsing data visualisations on Pinterest the other day, I came across an interesting-looking tool:
A social media style guide for local newspapers
Declining print circulations, traditionalism, internal politics, a small budget. These are problems that don’t just
6 tools for measuring social media success
Lies, damned lies and statistics – everyone knows this famously pithy quote often attributed to
Facebook alternatives: The Smart Social Networker’s Guide
Throughout most of its ten-year history, people have been threatening to leave Facebook. There are
6 sites that show why data is beta
New to data journalism and keen to learn but unsure about the kind of stories you could
Should Facebook have purchased Whatsapp?
Welcome to the first Interhacktives podcast, where Zachary Boren and Daniele Palumbo argue over whether
Can a Facebook ‘like’ Make You a Criminal?
The Supreme Court of the Philippines has been debating whether ‘liking’ a defamatory comment on
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Being a student puts you in touch with new resources, but it also makes you
Social media users in emerging countries want more than just flashy visuals
Brazil and India don’t share much common ground. But, along with the United States, they
Is Social Media the answer to solving crimes?
This morning the Boston Police Force accredited social media for their increase in crime solving.
Social Media Editor for the Hackney Post: Week 1
By Abby Young-Powell This week I have been Social Media Editor for the Hackney Post.
365 storytellers take on a Year
3hundredand65 is a collaborative online storytelling project that’s raising money to support the Teenage Cancer
Interhacktives: what we’ve got planned
Over the past few months we’ve been reporting on the world of social media –
Quirky social media story of the week: #4
Antonia Kanczula On Friday 6 January, I was sat at my computer, as I often
It all started on social media: England’s August riots
From August 6th onwards one story dominated the British – and at time, global –
It all started on social media: #UKUncut
March 2011 was the month that UK Uncut hit the headlines. Born out of the
It all started on social media: the domino effect
February 2011 was the month of the domino effect. Following on from the popular uprisings
How we forgot what social media is all about
We follow, we friend, we linkin, we have buzzed and we have myspaced. We keep
Ultra-personalisation: the future of online media?
When looking at recent changes to the Facebook and Google News interfaces, a common factor
Shut down social media during future riots? Not the best idea.
In story on the Guardian website today, 70% of people (in a survey of 973 adults)