CBC’s Facebook Experiment

A past attempt by CBC itself to use social media to glean information from and about the public regarding their priorities and interests can be seen in two very different lights. On the one hand, the people are allowed to speak their minds, on the other hand, there comes the ethical issue of what is [...]

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Does Social = Informed? Twitter and Facebook Put to the Test

To determine the quality of information obtained from social media and social networking websites, a group of journalists will put two of the most popular models to the test: Facebook and Twitter. For the purpose of the experiment, the journalists will be confined to an isolated farmhouse in southern France. The only tools that they [...]

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