1. American University: COM Social Journalism
#SocJourn @devonvsmith photo by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenan_7/
2. Discussion topics
•big picture social media
•how to use social platforms as a journalist
•how traditional news orgs are using social media
•innovations in social journalism
4. 700 million users
1/2 log in daily
Spend 25 minutes/day
1/2 of activity is mobile
Upload 90 pieces of content/month
Like 7 pages/month
Have 130 friends each
8. Edgerank = how content gets into the newsfeed
1.Few friends? You won’t show up.
2.Status updates without likes? You won’t show up.
3.Photos & Videos > Links > Text
4.Even the Most Recent News feed has an algorithm
5.Stalking your friends won’t get you noticed
6.Having friends who stalk you will get you noticed
7.More to the algorithm than just this