I couldn’t get Storify to post on blogs so here’s the link to MAS S61 assignment #7 on Storify.
Future of News and Participatory Media
Treating newsgathering as an engineering problem… since 2012!
I couldn’t get Storify to post on blogs so here’s the link to MAS S61 assignment #7 on Storify.
Very interesting stuff – this is a fascinating topic and one I’d like to understand better. I feel like you’ve put some worthwhile sources forward, but I could use a lot more help to understand what I’m seeing – for one thing, it would be good to get some context on who these actors tweeting are, especially “Official Organ”, which I assume is a parody site. Also, your non-Chinese readers could use some help with translation, as well as with context. Hope you’ll tell us a bit more about this in class.
The local angle to the story we discussed… http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304818404577345680438913376.html