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Why Facebook & Google Can’t Afford to Legitimize Fake News Sources

Cision

In the 1890s, it was called yellow journalism and was a tactic designed by greedy newspaper publishers to sell more newspapers using scandalous (and not necessarily true) headlines. Bridging the Gap Between Technology and Common Sense. The concept of “fake news” is anything but novel.

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The “data-led approach” of MHP + Mischief: Q&A with Digital Director, Darika Ahrens

NewsWhip

This is particularly true on digital channels where the impact of old media articles in search engines or user-generated content like blogs and Wikipedia may not have moved on from a previous issue and could impact future media coverage. . Darika: It’s hard. There’s lots of levers and ‘new rules of influence’.

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News planning, tools and workflow to build an editorial calendar

Stephen Waddington

The chip paper phrase originates from the 24 hours news cycle when newspapers printed two editions per day. News calendar applications There’s a choice of technologies that can be used to create a news calendar, from a simple document to a shared Cloud based tool. Crowdsourced sources of forward planning data include Wikipedia.

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Marshall McLuhan: “The Medium is the Message”

Doctor Spin

All human technologies, down to the campfire, are considered mediums. A light bulb does not have content in the way that a newspaper has articles or a television has programs, yet it is a medium that has a social effect; that is, a light bulb enables people to create spaces during nighttime that would otherwise be enveloped by darkness.”

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Digital journalism is alive but is digital PR?

Norton's Notes

Digital journalism can mean many things according to Wikipedia: Digital journalism also known as online journalism is a contemporary form of journalism where editorial content is distributed via the Internet as opposed to publishing via print or broadcast. So we have ascertained that the future is still digital.

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44 Top Growth Hacks to Help PRs, Marketers and Start-ups

Norton's Notes

For those of you that don’t know what Growth Hacking actually is, according to Wikipedia, this is the definition: Growth hacking is a marketing technique developed by technology startups which uses creativity, analytical thinking , and social metrics to sell products and gain exposure. [1]