Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

Filed under: Digital

Newspapers die. Journalism lives.

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So everyone knows the social web is killing the traditional newspaper, but the flip side of that is its potential for facilitating and encouraging investigative journalism. It gives amateurs the impetus to investigate authority and uncover wrongdoing. grass roots efforts are given much needed exposure and journalists are even able to recruit readers as ad hoc assistants.

In this Article Mashable notes many more ways the social web is nurturing the future of investigative journalism.

http://mashable.com/2010/11/24/investigative-journalism-social-web/

Cash, cheque, credit or tweet?

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When it comes to monetizing your social network we had a peek when Burger King offered whoppers in exchange for sacrificing facebook friends, but not much since.

In the case of "pay with a tweet" the larger your network the greater the value, and hence the more expensive things you can use it to pay for. Time to rethink those friend requests from old classmates perhaps.

http://tiny.cc/8h8z9

PSFK takes this monetization of social networks further with the concept of social scoring:

http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/11/22/get-ready-social-scoring-will-change-your-life/