Social media has created a human filter for quality content. The
social web, like the old water cooler, favors conversations around
news and even in-depth journalism that may not otherwise receive the
exposure it deserves. Recent analysis of the most-tweeted stories from
The Daily iPad app revealed that users shared more hard news stories
over gossip and opinion pieces. This doesn’t necessarily mean these
are the stories most people are reading. The gossip articles (or
“fluff” pieces) often out-perform news items in pageviews, often
because that is what people are searching for. But the tide may be
changing. http://mashable.com/2011/04/12/social-journalism-quality/
social web, like the old water cooler, favors conversations around
news and even in-depth journalism that may not otherwise receive the
exposure it deserves. Recent analysis of the most-tweeted stories from
The Daily iPad app revealed that users shared more hard news stories
over gossip and opinion pieces. This doesn’t necessarily mean these
are the stories most people are reading. The gossip articles (or
“fluff” pieces) often out-perform news items in pageviews, often
because that is what people are searching for. But the tide may be
changing. http://mashable.com/2011/04/12/social-journalism-quality/
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