1. (via Friends and Family – Important Drivers of News | State of the Media) Word-of-mouth still motivates a large amount of news discovery. Seventy-two percent who get news from friends or family received that information via spoken word-of-mouth (in person or phone). Of those who learn of news this way, nearly two-thirds “often” or “very often” seek out news stories online later.The breakdowns vary a little bit by age, as to be expected: 23 percent of those age 18 to 29-years-old get news from family or friends via social media. Seventy percent in this bracket still say word-of-mouth, however.This of course doesn’t mean that those who get news via word-of-mouth don’t also read engage news elsewhere on their own. But it does make you think about 1) what inspires people to share something IRL, and 2) the importance of SEO and other search functionality. The stats are at least worth a look, as is the rest of this year’s Pew Excellence in Journalism State of the News Media report. 

    (via Friends and Family – Important Drivers of News | State of the Media)

    Word-of-mouth still motivates a large amount of news discovery. Seventy-two percent who get news from friends or family received that information via spoken word-of-mouth (in person or phone). Of those who learn of news this way, nearly two-thirds “often” or “very often” seek out news stories online later.

    The breakdowns vary a little bit by age, as to be expected: 23 percent of those age 18 to 29-years-old get news from family or friends via social media. Seventy percent in this bracket still say word-of-mouth, however.

    This of course doesn’t mean that those who get news via word-of-mouth don’t also read engage news elsewhere on their own. But it does make you think about 1) what inspires people to share something IRL, and 2) the importance of SEO and other search functionality.

    The stats are at least worth a look, as is the rest of this year’s Pew Excellence in Journalism State of the News Media report. 

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  2. (via Twitter users forming tribes with own language, tweet analysis shows | News | guardian.co.uk) Very intriguing way of grouping Twitter users based on word usage. Researchers think new ways of engaging communities can come out of this sort of breakdown. Worth a look at how the groups are split up. Data sheet embedded in article, also available for download.

    (via Twitter users forming tribes with own language, tweet analysis shows | News | guardian.co.uk)

    Very intriguing way of grouping Twitter users based on word usage. Researchers think new ways of engaging communities can come out of this sort of breakdown. Worth a look at how the groups are split up. Data sheet embedded in article, also available for download.

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  3. Vinepeek | Watch the world in realtime

    Want to know who is really using Vine, and what for? Here’s your answer.

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  4. When you’re going about your day, in the checkout line, stepping into elevators, whatever, it’s nice to look people in the eye and let them look into yours, if only for a moment of elemental human interaction. Tell me why you must put a computer in the middle of that?

    Google Glass is Provoking a Backlash Because it’s Weird to Wear a Computer over Your Eye | MIT Technology Review

    Thoughts from Brian Bergstein, deputy editor of the MIT Technology Review, with links to others with similar concerns about the cultural impact of Google Glass (and within that, the impact on individuals).

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  5. (via Photo by todayshow • Instagram) A bit different, kind of like the Obama inaugurations. EDIT: But since this started circling, we’ve also learned that it’s not quite a fair comparison: the top image appears to be from John Paul II’s funeral procession, not the announcement of a new pope.  A compelling storyline about tech’s growing pervasiveness, but a little too apples and oranges. Moods of events — not just years — also affect human behavior with tech. (That said, some people have recently livetweeted funerals.)(In any case,the person in the bottom right corner of the photo of the 2005 image still reminds me of this).

    (via Photo by todayshow • Instagram)

    A bit different, kind of like the Obama inaugurations. EDIT: But since this started circling, we’ve also learned that it’s not quite a fair comparison: the top image appears to be from John Paul II’s funeral procession, not the announcement of a new pope. 

    A compelling storyline about tech’s growing pervasiveness, but a little too apples and oranges. Moods of events — not just years — also affect human behavior with tech. (That said, some people have recently livetweeted funerals.)

    (In any case,the person in the bottom right corner of the photo of the 2005 image still reminds me of this).

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