Get Started for FREE
Sign up with Facebook Sign up with X
I don't have a Facebook or a X account
 Your new post is loading...
Your new post is loading...
Scoop.it!
Accuracy is fundamental to journalism, but it’s a challenge to verify information when it flows at digital warp speed from so many sources. This presentation Via Robin Good 
|
Scoop.it!
"This how-to features advice from a panel of experts on the key considerations, questions and tools journalists should have in mind when carrying out verification of content that surfaces via social media, be it a news tip, an image, a piece of audio or video.
The process covers three main stages: monitoring of social networks and the online community before news breaks, checking the content when it comes into play and subsequently reporting that content once verified. The comprehensive advice outlined in this how-to guide offers practical steps, specific questions and cross-checks journalists can make at each stage, as well as online tools to support them."
Full article: http://www.journalism.co.uk/news-features/how-to-verify-content-from-social-media/s5/a548645/ ; Via Mindy McAdams, Robin Good
Ruveanna Hambrick's curator insight,
October 2, 2014 2:27 PM
This is a great source for knowing how to monitor and filter information on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. |
Useful tips on how to evaluate information on the internet - mostly from a news verification perspective but can be useful in other situations as well
Some useful tips on how to rebalance the Timeliness vs. Accuracy and Quality equation for information dissemination. A must-read for any user of social media!
This is a good source for knowing how to "crap detect" not only for news websites and blog posts but also for social media claims as well.