Posts Tagged ‘Mainstream Media’

For positive high tech news, head to your favorite blog, social media site or Twitter. That’s the advice from a new Pew study that found social media has a vastly different, more positive set of attitudes towards technology than mainstream media. A yearlong review of technology news coverage by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism found that blogs, social media sites and social networking sites report more excitement about technological advancements and the businesses behind the developments.

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Hi, I’m Lauren and I’ll be your guide to the medium of social media here at Social Times. I scour the web (starting with my perpetual 1,000+ entries in Google Reader and some choice news aggregate services) for news about social media in action. I have an insatiable curiosity about how social media is changing our world, and you’ll find this manifests in articles about politicians fumbling their tweets or non-profits experimenting with virtual fundraising. If you’re a curious sort as well, I’m here to shed some light on my eclectic interests and background in the social media space.
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While mainstream media struggles to find a balance between free online content, paywalls and subscriptions, Wikileaks is happily experimenting with a new micropayment service, Flattr. Flattr lets organizations set up microdonations on individual blog posts, articles, videos, photos and other media so that users who like the content can give their financial support. And what sets Flattr apart is really its ease-of-use: users don’t have to log in to a larger payment site like Paypal and donate large lump sums – Flattr is a true microdonation platform. It looks like mainstream media could learn a lesson or two from Flattr and Wikileaks.
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Are you loyal to your local newspaper? Or do you get your daily dose of news from news aggregators online? Maybe you find out the latest gossip through your Twitter feed? There are a seemingly limitless number of ways to get the news you crave both on- and off-line, with mainstream media in heated competition with its new and social counterpart. In order to remain profitable and still compete online, The Times – a UK-based daily newspaper – was the first of its kind to move content behind a paywall a few weeks ago. Looking at its current readership and number of subscribers, we can safely say that people will pay for news online… up to a point. Would you?
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