Yes, we're back again! Todays social media round up includes the welcomed 'dark mode' for WhatsApp, Facebook's plans to allow cross-posting directly to Instagram stories, and finally, Twitter has joined the 'story' hype with the act of 'fleeting'.

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Social Media Round up- 12/03/2020

Here's your Wednesday dose of digital and social news. On today's show we look at how instagram is filtering out false inofrmation about covid-19, how Twitter is putting its foot down on hateful conduct towards race, disease and disability and finally, stories have arrived to LinkedIn, intrigued? Us too...

Social Media Round up- 11/03/2020

Welcome back to your daily dose of social media news! Today's episode includes how coronavirus is causing an increase in keyboard blocks, we delve into the details of Apple's new push notifications, and finally, we look at what Instagram influencers are doing to make their sponsored posts more transparent...

Social Media Round up- 10/03/20

A bumper episode for everyone today! We spoke with Adam Tinworth, a huge figure in the early days of the internet, owner of the blog OneManandHisBlog, visiting lecturer at City University and general old-but-flexible hand with all things web. We spoke about a range of issues, including the evolving landscape of journalism, the dangers of social media,

Interhacktive Interview with Adam Tinworth

Back again with another Social Media news round up! We're leading with the story about Kashmir being allowed Internet access, finally, if in a very limited form. A slight clarification; Social Media access is available, though not from mobil network, and only til March 17th, provisionally. Read this one here : https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/social-media-ban-removed-in-kashmir-broadband-services-to-be-restored-2189956 Snapchat are testing out some wacky new Augmented Reality features. But are they just wackiness or is there something more to it? Give it a gander here at : https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/snapchat-adds-ground-transformation-ar-effects-showcasing-evolving-ar-ca/572769/ Is IGTV encroaching into Tik Tok in a big way? Well, the things hey are trialing right now definitely seem to be For more, it's here : https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagrams-testing-a-new-video-response-option-for-igtv/573407/ And finally, just a little blog post I read about Facebook's huge aquisitions, and how that might be a bad thing for business and innovation! It's a complex one, so definitely read that here: https://review.chicagobooth.edu/economics/2020/article/why-big-tech-mergers-stifle-innovation As always, you can find as @ Interhacktive on Facebook, Twitter, Insta, sometimes Youtube, and one our site. Or just on the feeds! Give them a subscribe if you like the content, really helps us a lot! Cheers! And talk to you soon!

Social Media News Roundup 05/03

Here at Interhacktives, we like to stay experimental. To that end, we've recorded a different sort of episode, and one that we might be continuing! Tune in for a news round up of yesterday's biggest Social Media stories! We have; ITV; reporting on Coronavirus fake news, and the steps being made to combat it. The Drum; on the death of the banner ad The Huffpost UK; how deplatforming extremists works Campaignsanddemocracy.com; a tale of Trump and Bloomberg's social media strategies and finally Socialmedianews; Jack Dorsey might be losing his job? All music was found the the youtube audio library, copyright free. If you liked it, leave a comment! Follow us on our social, @Interhacktives on most thing! Check out more great social media news on Interhacktives.com! See you next time, folks!

Social Media News Roundup 03/03

This week due to some scheduling malarkey we're taking a different tack with the show, discussing City University's Interactive Journalism course with Hamza Azhar Salam and Ioanna Toufexi! We talk about what module we do, what our favourite things are about the course, and generally delve a little deeper than a prospectus might into the personal experiences on this experimental course! Intro music provided this time around by Sappheiros, track is called "Lights". https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic/lights If you want more of this sort of roundtable discussion, maybe drop a comment below? It's a form that presents it's own challenges, but it's really fun to do, and easy to do reliably, so if that sounds like your cup of tea, drop or comment, or reach out on socials! Thanks for listening, and if you liked the show, again, feel free to reach out! Share, retweet, or just regular old talk to people about it, would really help us all out.

Interhacktives Roundtable: City University's Interactive Journalism Course

The Interhacktives Podcast, cast of 2020, is back with a bang, looking at Audience Management and Digital Media with Sarah Marshall, guest lecturer at City University, and Head of Audience Growth at Vogue. We discuss how these media bodies manage their communities, what metrics they use and how to turn your online presence from a necessary evil to a vital money-spinner. We've got big plans for this podcast, so keep tuned in to hear from us, we'll be covering all things data journalism and social media! Royalty free music is incredible, so big thanks to LiQWD @ https://soundcloud.com/liqwyd/new-start for the intro/outro, and Tokyo Music Walker @ https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060/where-are-we-going for the interlude music. Follow our Twitter and Instagram @Interhacktives, find us on our website at interhacktives.com

Audience Management with Condé Nast's Sarah Marshall; 2020 Season Begins

Interhacktives talk to Angelo Zehr, data journalist with @srfnews about their story - 20 years, 20 titles - the career of Roger Federer and why they used a three step approach to publish the story. 1. The story https://bit.ly/2IONSgM 2. The methodology https://bit.ly/2I3H9OP 3. The code https://srfdata.github.io/ Listen out for his vital tip on how to prevail when it feels like your data and coding is going nowhere!

SRF’s Angelo Zehr talks to Interhacktives about data journalism, Federer and succeeding with code

An interview with Amy McCullough Mosley, Open Project Lead at Mozilla Foundation, at this years Mozilla Festival 2017 in London.

Interview with Amy McCullough Mosley @ Mozilla Festival 2017

Interview with Jochai Ben-Avie, Senior Global Policy Manager at Mozilla, at this years Mozilla Festival

Interview with Jochai Ben-Avie @ Mozilla Festival 2017

Starting a podcast can be a daunting prospect, but if 'Data Day' can teach you anything, it's that the barrier for entry is incredibly low. On this final episode of 'Data Day', Bridie Pearson-Jones joins Luke Barratt as they discuss what makes some of their favourite podcasts great, why podcasting is such a compelling format for modern journalists, and the difference between podcasts and radio programmes. Plus, special guest and longtime fan of the show Faye White joins the team to discuss some funny podcasts, because apparently our podcasting experts are really boring. This is the end of season 1 of Data Day, and Luke's last episode. It remains to be seen whether future Interhacktives take up the mantle.

How to make the perfect podcast

In this week’s podcast, Luke Barratt and Jasper Pickering talk about the growing importance of live-streaming on Facebook for media organisations and the average Joe alike. As Facebook grows its video platform, Zuckerburg is pushing users to interact with each other via live video feed. No longer are the broadcasters telling us what to do from atop their ivory towers. Now you (yes, YOU!) can produce live coverage from the comfort of your handheld device. The intrepid duo tackle examples of livestreamed news like Trump’s disastrous press conference and the suspense of watching a watermelon explode under the pressure of a thousand elastic bands. While future coverage will pale in comparison, users are still becoming more engaged with online videos. Gone are the days of panda sneezes and laughing babies, now audiences demand more from their social media influencers, as outlets like Vice produce high quality documentaries that can be watched from the comfort of our bed/toilet. Our cup runneth over. CNN Trump Press Conference: https://www.facebook.com/cnn/videos/10156091141371509/ A stressed watermelon that forgot it had a test today: https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/we-blew-up-a-watermelon-and-everyone-lost-their-freaking-min Vice videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/vice

The secrets of Facebook Live

Despite numerous technological innovations — from 360-degree video (http://bit.ly/2kS5VJe) to social media live-streaming (http://bit.ly/2kSfF63) to robot journalists (http://bit.ly/2kSfVSH) — the trusty old email seems to be increasing in importance in the newsroom. Quartz, for instance, has several journalists based across the world work on its daily newsletter (http://bit.ly/2kS7ers), which releases at about 6am across time zones in Asia, Europe/Africa and the Americas, every day. This shouldn’t come as a surprise. The email inbox is, for many people, the first app or webpage they open in the morning and one that they return to multiple times over the day. Amid the noise and barrage of social media posts, the email newsletter may be the easiest and quickest way to reach a reader directly (http://bit.ly/2kS5gYe). In the podcast, we compare our favourite email briefs, such as the Times Red Box (http://bit.ly/2kSdbox) and Politico Morning Media tipsheet (http://politi.co/2kS1Y78), and why we like them. We also discuss the ethics of email newslettering. If getting access to a reader’s email inbox is like gaining a private audience (http://bit.ly/2kSgqfx) with him or her, how much should publications use it for their own marketing or political purposes? If publications, political parties and companies alike use people’s information for political or marketing purposes, does this count as an abuse of big data and reader’s trust (http://bit.ly/2kSbnf2)? Listen to the podcast to find out. Don’t forget to sign up to Interhacktives’ newsletter, too: http://bit.ly/2kS6N0s

Email newsletters for journalists: a guide

In this week's Data Day, Luke Barratt is joined by Matteo Moschella to discuss the use of data in sport journalism. Data is omnipresent in the reporting of sport, particularly recently as the closing of the Barclays Premier League January transfer window has prompted a glut of visualisations on the month's top stories. Check out some of the code used by the Guardian on their Github: http://bit.ly/2kqSyj5 Athletes and sports teams are using more and more data nowadays to optimise their performance, but crucially for journalists, the vast audiences drawn by sports demand extensive data. Opta provides detailed data feeds on a number of different sports: http://bit.ly/2kqPWBA While providing this data to users in raw format is common, there is also great scope for journalists to use data to analyse issues in sport. Here, Rob Minto uses data to defend a potential increase of the number of teams taking part in the FIFA World Cup: http://bit.ly/2kr2Sav One crucial area where this kind of journalism has flourished is in predictions. Nate Silver, now renowned as a polling expert, made his name using data to predict the results of baseball games. Visit his site, FiveThirtyEight, which still applies its methods to sport, here: http://53eig.ht/2kqR6Nj Similarly, the Financial Times has built a complicated statistical model to predict the outcome of the 2016/17 Premier League: http://on.ft.com/2kqMHKy Daniel Finkelstein has a weekly column in The Times using similar methods to analyse football. Here, he uses sport to teach his readers a lesson about probability through a parable about the likelihood of giant-killing in the FA Cup: http://bit.ly/2kr0yk5 We've also seen data used for in-depth investigations into sporting issues. Buzzfeed used data from betting markets to uncover indications that certain players had been guilty of match-fixing: http://bzfd.it/2kr5dCj The Sunday Times, meanwhile, in a more traditional piece of data journalism, made use of data from a whistleblower to find evidence of doping throughout the world of athletics: http://bit.ly/2kqVDQb

Using data in sport journalism

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