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Collaborative News Survey: Hype versus Reality
Why are collaborative news, commenting and blogging sites such as Newsvine, Slashdot and Global Voices attracting users and visitors? Who are these folks? What do they want from their interactions?According to a just-released survey — “The Hype vs. Reality vs. What People Value: Emerging Collaborative News Models and the Future of News” — by Hsing Wei (pictured left) from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, they are (among many, many other things):
* mostly young and male, especially those who visit technology-related sites.
* very active in their use of the sites.
* looking for “a fix of unique, informative fun.”
* and “filling in the blanks” left by traditional news sources.
* sharing what they know.
* looking for and finding multiple perspectives.
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contentguyat 14:09 on July 18th, 2006
Extremely interesting - especially the taxonomy of usage:
Axel Bruns uses
a slightly different set of categories, also loosely based on the idea of
openness, in classifying collaborative online news production. He identifies
seven criteria:
material)
or edit published content)
commentary of gatewatched news)
status depending on their contribution behavior on the site)
technological and institutional setup supporting the site)
Wished I had read this last night!