Just read a blog post on Quid named “What is Social Media Analytics & Why is it Important?” and the breakdown was awesome. The tips on social media analytics “cousins” being: social media intelligence,listening, monitoring, etc. gives readers the knowledge on what social media…
Overall these tips are a great start to brands who need to up their social media! At the very least, engagement rates, audience growth, and profile impressions are all subject to improvement with these tools.
And Lastly, the theory on AI swallowing journalism. I do believe this is possible with new updates and improvements in the software, and even the generational changes or people using it as a crutch might occur. If so, we might get swallowed like they say. #UtSocialJournalism
The Intelligencers article on “How Will Artificial Intelligence Change the News Business?” and their three theories made me really scared for the progression of AI. The options that AI swallows, replaces, or improves journalism is scary as someone just going into the field!
Obviously my hopes are that it improves journalism, and the simple summarizations that AI can help with for harder news stories could be useful. But the odds being against us, doesn’t sit great. Do I think AI will ever “replace” journalism? No.
I just read “How Social Media has changed Journalism” by Oscar Michel and it really opened my eyes to how journalists do use social media and how it is changing. Places like X can be a great breaking news site but also a way to share personal stories.
News agencies are using livestreams on Facebook to ad more platforms for more views but it can be an issue. Some things can scar views and algorithms are wild. Thibgs are changing big and we need to find the best ways to handle situations. As journalists we have a lot to learn!
With social media becoming a main form of news, some people don’t know what to trust. Misinformation is everywhere and some news agencies try to stay off social media. There are platforms made for it, like Buzzfeed.
From the article “Generative Al and Journalism Updates” the impact of AI in our news and media is changing rapidly. From fake stories to major errors, journalism could be in trouble. Many sites like The Gardian have blocked the useable of Al content, but not everyone agrees.
I believe that it is okay to use for simple tasks but that journalism does not need to use AI as a form of research for work as it is linked to many mistakes or false information. The future is uncertain for AI and news but it seems to bc that AI will be around in some form!
The Article ‘Why Journalists Use Social Media’ has shocked me at how many people get their major news from social media. It explained how 8 in 10 journalist use social media everyday. And to add, the news outlets percentages is wild!📲🗞️
73% of journalists use social media to check other news outlets breaking news! Things have changed big time with social media around- but it seems to be positives in this industry!