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Articles tagged messaging apps (27)

Laura Hazard OwenSeptember 11, 2018

From “uncool uncle” to “fun” “best friend”: Why people are turning from Facebook to…other Facebook-owned things for news

Facebook: “Sociopath,” “bipolar,” “uncool uncle,” “midlife crisis.” WhatsApp: “Best friend,” “sociable,” “fun,” “honest.”

Kirsten HanAugust 21, 2018

Line is another chat app rife with spam, scams, and bad information. The volunteer-supported Cofacts is fact-checking them in the open

Users forward dubious messages to a chatbot; volunteer editors evaluate their credibility; the bot answers back to the user (and anyone wondering in the future).

Mark FrankelJuly 10, 2018

The promises and pitfalls of reporting within chat apps and other semi-open platforms: A journalist’s guide

News organizations’ audiences are increasingly moving from public social media to closed or semi-closed platforms like WhatsApp, Discord, and Facebook Groups. But there are still opportunities for good reporting on the communities we cover.

Laura Hazard OwenJune 13, 2018

After years of growth, the use of social media for news is falling across the world

But messaging apps are picking up the slack, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism finds in its 2018 Digital News Report.

Shan WangMarch 9, 2018

What do Xi Jinping and Winnie the Pooh have in common? They’re both flagged by Chinese censors

They’re just a few of countless names, codewords, memes, and phrases that have been blocked. Weiboscope, a project out of the University of Hong Kong, since 2011 has tracked deleted posts on Weibo, collecting a substantial dataset of the types of terms and content that triggers censors.

Snap brings its heat map feature out of the app. Will any news publishers want to use it?

Shan WangNovember 6, 2017

The scale of misinformation online is global. First Draft is pushing for more collaboration — and more research — as an antidote

“How can we have these conversations together, instead of just being in our camps throwing insults at each other that no one is doing enough?”

Anastasia ValeevaJuly 21, 2017

Chat app Telegram, not much loved by the Russian government, still attracts a loyal readership for news

Meduza, Snob, TV Rain, BBC Russian, and RT weigh in on their publishing and promotion strategies on the platform, which survived a recent tussle with the country’s communications regulator.

Anastasia ValeevaJuly 21, 2017

мессенджер, выйдя невредимым из столкновения с правительством, собирает благодарную аудиторию для СМИ

Медуза, Сноб, Дождь, Русская служба Бибиси и Russia Today рассуждают о том, как привлечь и удержать читателей в Телеграме.

Laura Hazard OwenJune 21, 2017

News apps are making a comeback. More young Americans are paying for news. 2017 is weird.

The Reuters Institute’s annual report on digital news contains some surprises.

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