mobile + journalism: get your mojo
DESCRIPTION
A look at how journalists can use mobile phones to capture moments, create content, and share it online. From my City University London lecture.TRANSCRIPT
outline
•service providers - why?
•citizen journalism
•journalism
•tools
service providers - why?•create audiences
•gather demographic data
•connect dots of the social graph
•learn through usage patterns
•sell higher value targeted ads
"every time you add information about yourself, it's like filling in a survey... all without your knowledge, consent, or having ever been asked..."
Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Canada
http://www.cybersoc.com/2007/11/video-on-privac.html
http://www.nickburcher.com/2009/02/latitude-google-puts-spy-in-your-pocket.html
“So now you can do things like see if your spouse is
stuck in traffic on the way home from work, notice
that a buddy is in town for the weekend, or take
comfort in knowing that a loved one's flight landed
safely, despite bad weather...” Google
citizen reporting
•camera in your pocket
•tell friends “I was there, I’m ok”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5181396.stm
http://twitter.com/jkrums
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7834505.stm
http://www.cybersoc.com/2006/10/daily_show_look.html
CNN Photosynth: http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/44.president/inauguration/themoment/
journalism
•camera in your pocket
•low cost
•unobtrusive
•“live”
http://www.reutersmojo.com/
see also...
•@ilicco
•@paulbrannan
•http://rooreynolds.com/2009/01/09/how-do-you-use-twitter/
•http://cognections.typepad.com/
tools
•zonetag + flickr
•typepad and wordpress mobile apps
•qik and flixwagon
•twitter + twitpic + gps location
•brightkite
http://zonetag.research.yahoo.com/
http://www.shozu.com
http://www.typepad.com/features/blog-iphone.html
http://mosh.nokia.com/content/59E34420FC358845E040050A45307F17
http://iphone.wordpress.org/2008/07/10/wordpress-for-iphone/
http://www.qik.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/retrocactus/2835452372/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phpprincess/3107150018/
http://www.atebits.com/software/tweetie/