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Convergent Audiences When Consumers Become Creators AOL: Minister of Fear http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/elections/article.adp?id=20040714210209990006 New Media Focus on: Speed Delivery Platform Mix Revenue Moving Parts www.j-lab.org US vs. THEM “Me-Too News” More Noise
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Convergent Audiences When Consumers Become Creators
AOL: Minister of Fear http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/elections/article.adp?id=20040714210209990006
New Media Focus on: • Speed • Delivery Platform • Mix • Revenue • Moving Parts www.j-lab.org
“Me-Too News” More Noise
Early Interactions:Town Meetings www.j-lab.org
Mock Juries: Civic Journalism www.j-lab.org
Attachment, Involvement = Meaningful Information
Connections consist of: • People • Relationships • Interactions • Participation • Involvement www.j-lab.org
Readership Institutewww.readership.org Key News Experiences • Looks out for my civic, personal interests • Makes me smarter • Give me “something to talk about”
Readership Institute Recommendations • Create experiences • Tweak less, innovate more
Media Participation = Involvement • Story Making + Story Telling • Constructing + Deconstructing Stories • News “Experiences” + News Stories • Civic Participation + Civic News
Future News Story Making vs. Story Telling www.j-lab.org
Story Making • Internal: Consuming stories people make • External: Making the stories people consume
Internal Story Making How do you get your news?
Internal Story Making: Individuals as News Aggregators • Newspapers, Headlines, Photos • Radio, TV • Internet, Blogs • Emails • Cell Phones • Comedy
External Story Making:Citizen-Created Content • Blogs • News Exercises • Email Correspondents • Citizen Journalists • HLCMs - Hyperlocal citizens media
Future News For Journalists: Deconstructing Stories Build the components that help users co-author the story www.j-lab.org
Future News News Experiences vs. News Stories
Future News Web site: • Not just something you READ • Something you DO www.j-lab.org
Involvepeople by: • Showing + Telling • Knowledge + News • Entry Points • Telling own Stories • Inviting Participation www.j-lab.org
Chinese Proverb: • I hear and I forget. • I see and I remember. • I do and I understand.
New News Experiences • Blogs • Calculators • Clickable Maps • Searchable Databases • Games • Web site creation • E-Newsletters • Choices, Simulations
Calculators: www.j-lab.org
Clickable Maps www.j-lab.org