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Comment on The Benefits of Peer Pressure in Social Networks by Facebook Timeline Apps: When it Comes to Health, it’s Fitness – For Now « State of the Fourth Estate

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:51:35 +0000

[...] to show off an accomplishment or strive for moral support to hit a fitness goal. I’ve argued the social/peer pressure argument a lot in this context, and it certainly fits. They are also both solid apps (although I’ll admit I skew toward [...]

Comment on [Court Non-Rushing] Did Rick Reilly Just Rewrite an Old Pat Forde column? by Mike

Mike — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:10:10 +0000

The recent storming of the field from Minnesota after they beat Iowa last weekend gas brought this issue up at Big Ten schools as well. Some media are saying it’s poor form by the Gophers to rush the field while others are saying it’s an important rivalry win for a rebuilding program. There’s been a good debate at TC Huddle. I found your article searching for more opinions on the issue.

Thought you might want to check it out. It’s enjoyable if nothing else: http://www.tchuddle.com/2011/10/the-importance-of-the-iowa-win/

Comment on Economist Future of News Series by Journalism Accelerator Featured Links: July 19 – August 12, 2011

Journalism Accelerator Featured Links: July 19 – August 12, 2011 — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:43:42 +0000

[...] State of the Fourth Estate: Economist Future of News Series The Economist presents a rich bundle of perspective on the business of news past, future and present. [...]

Comment on Boston Globe: Two Websites, One Paper and a Paywall (not in a pear tree) by How to Get Around the Boston Globe Wall « State of the Fourth Estate

How to Get Around the Boston Globe Wall « State of the Fourth Estate — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:06:48 +0000

[...] Boston Globe: Two Websites, One Paper and a Paywall (not in a pear tree) [...]

Comment on Economist Future of News Series by An interview with Mike Fancher, author of “Re-Imagining Journalism: Local News for a Networked World”

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:52:18 +0000

[...] range of sources over the summer. Analysis, review and reporting from the likes of PEW, Knight, the Economist, Clay Shirky, the FCC’s recent 450+ page report furthering the analysis Knight Foundation started [...]

Comment on My Google Plus List of Grievances by Bob@JSC Rent To Own Homes

Bob@JSC Rent To Own Homes — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:00:12 +0000

Your last point “Google’s biggest problem with FB is the sheer number of people with Yahoo and Hotmail addresses that registered. Hence the requiring a GMail address…” is why Google + won’t succeed. Too many people don’t want another email address, and they certainly won’t drop their long time established email addresses. Google better wake up.

Comment on When Even Comm Law Books Need Updating by kim

kim — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:08:43 +0000

I also read 'Communications Law and Policy' by Kang and I found out a lot of interesting things. Last week, I finished to read a similar book by Elizabeth K Lee and I really enjoyed it! Actually, Elizabeth is one of my favorite authors and I always recommend her!

Comment on Economist Future of News Series by James O. Clifford

James O. Clifford — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:07:09 +0000

Coffee house? More like a beer hall – that’s beer hall as in putsch. The “special report” dealt poorly with the past, so how can I value what it says about the future? It traced objective reporting to the 19th Century. Come on!!! Hasn’t anyone at The Economist heard of Hearst? Also, the report didn’t mention wire services, the largest gatherers and distributors of news.

Comment on National Reporting Pulitzer? Never Was In Print by Daily Specials

Daily Specials — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:32:35 +0000

[...] points out that while social media is free to sign-up, it’s not exactly free to maintain. National Reporting Pulitzer? Never Was In Print (State of the Fourth Estate) For the first time, a story that won the National Reporting Pulitzer [...]

Comment on Breathe Deep: Crowd Wisdom and YouTube by Holly

Holly — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:46:00 +0000

Hmm, gonna disagree here. Even YouTube is highly insulated. The comments may be brutally honest, but they are primarily the brutally honest opinions of young men 14-29. Like forums and reddit, the community skews young and male. Comments on YouTube are loud and-to the extent of online avatars-anonymous, and those that disagree with the status quo are flamed mercilessly.

Burke might be right that people tend to congregate with like-minded others, and YouTube commenter are often discounted as uneducated, insufferable and…awful. But claiming that it’s the most accurate cross section of America? That’s discounting the opinions of those more likely to be found on LiveJournal, blogs and Facebook.

Our industry already puts men 18-35 at the top of the list–we’re listening to those YouTube commenters just fine, regardless of our opinion of trolls.