The 2nd piece of research from Middleberg Communications and the Society for New Communications Research titled, “Media in the Wired World” (pdf). Key points include:
- Nearly 70 percent of journalists are using social networking sites, a 28% increase since the 2008 study
- 48 percent are using Twitter or other microblogging sites and tools, a 25% increase since 2008
- 66 percent are using blogs
- 48 percent are using online video
- 25 percent are using podcasts
- More than 90 percent of journalists agree that new media and communications tools and technologies are enhancing journalism to some extent
Only US journalists surveyed for this I believe. If you are of the UK persuasion check out the most comprehensive Twitter list of UK journalists.
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The twitter things has many interesting angles – consider the power they have in placing adverts next to your words (as google currently do) – you have no control over this.
A perfect example of “jiggery pokery”… and the power of the modern media. Click on this link and read the adverts at the bottom – Google creates and places these on the basis of the words it finds on the page – the web site owner is not involved at all in selecting the adverts.
http://www.photocake-occasion.co.uk/Products/Labour.html