samos summit 2013 arcomem - the journalistic approach

The  Journalis.c  Scenario

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THEJOURNALISTIC

SCENARIO

Fact  is  that  ...  

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Diamonds  in  the  Rough;  Social  Media  Visual  Analy8cs  for  Journalis8c  Inquiry    Diakopoulos,  Naaman,  Kivran-­‐SwainePDF:  h6p://bit.ly/a0SIaf

...  journalists  are  increasingly  turning  to  socialmedia  sources  like  TwiFer,  Facebook,  or  otheronline  sources  of  user  content  in  an  effort  to  trackthe  importance  of  stories  and  to  find  sources  ofexper8se  to  drive  new  stories.

Fact  is  that  ...  

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Nieman  Reports  Summer  2012:  Truth  in  the  Age  of  Social  MediaNieman  Founda8on  |  HarvardURL:  h6p://hvrd.me/MD7ex

...  user  generated  content  (UGC)  and  verifica8on  are  no  longer  a  side  opera8on  in  newsrooms.

Fact  is  that  ...  

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The  Rise  of  contextual  journalism,  1950-­‐2000sKatherine  Fink,  Michael  Schudson  |  Columbia  University,  USAURL:  h6p://bit.ly/14FcW00

...   journalism   shi[s   from   „just   the   facts“   to   „what  does  it  mean“  (Contextual  Journalism)

Fact  is  that  ...  

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Nieman  Journalism  LabMirko  Lorenz,  Nicolas  Kayser-­‐Bril,  and  Geoff  McGheeURL:  h6p://bit.ly/ecISZN

...  news  organiza8ons  must  become  hubs  of  trusted  data  in  a  market  seeking  (and  valuing)  trust.

Fact  is  that  ...  

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Nieman  Reports  Spring  2013:  „The  Signal  and  the  Noise“Nieman  Founda8on  |  HarvardURL:  h6p://hvrd.me/15jbzUn

...   cura8on   is   the  key   to  bringing   Social  Media   and  Journalism  together

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BIG  DATA=WISDOM

Where  Is  The  Story?

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NEWSGATHERING

„BIG  5“

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„BIG  5“  -­‐  a  fundamental  set  of  informa.on-­‐gathering  ques.ons  each  journalist  uses  to  inves.gate  a  story  worldwide1.  Who  is  it  about?2.  What  happened?  g3.  When  did  it  take  place?  4.  Where  did  it  take  place?5.  Why  did  it  happen?

Empire  State  Shoo.ng  2012

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„BIG  5“  -­‐  a fundamental set of information-gathering questionseach journalist uses to investigate a story worldwide

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1.  Who  is  it  about?          unclear2.  What  happened?          shoo.ngshoo.ng3.  When  did  it  take  place?          9:00  AM  24  Aug  124.  Where  did  it  take  place?          in  front  of  the  Empire          State  Building5.  Why  did  it  happen?          unclear

Newsgathering  Process

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Newsgathering  Process

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Simplified  Process  Chain

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SEARCH CONTEXTUALIZECURATEANALYZEVERIFY

PUBLISH

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99PROBLEMS

Heterogenous  Data  Layers

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Social  WebWorld  Wide  Web

The  Challenges

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Store Data

Simplified  Process  Chain

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SCRAPE PRESERVEANALYZE

Simplified  Process  Chain

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SCRAPE PRESERVE(ARCHIVE)ANALYZE

ARCOMEM

Newgathering  Process

SEARCH

CURATE ANALYZE VERIFY CONTEXTUALIZE

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SMARTBROWSING

Vox  Civitas  User  Interface

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URL  |  h6p://bit.ly/12mxESc

SRSR  (Seriously  Rapid  Source  Review)

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URL  |  h6p://bit.ly/Y3dmw6

Riot  rumours:  how  misinforma.on  spread  on  Twi6er  during  a  .me  of  crisis

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URL  |  h6p://bit.ly/rv0Vr5

ARCOMEM  GUI  (1st  Drak)

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...  memories  are  becoming  hyperlinks  to  informa8on  triggered  by  keywords  and  URLs.We  are  becoming  ‘persistent  paleontologist‘  of  ourown  external  memories,  as  our  brains  are  storing  the  keywords  to  get  back  to  those  memories  and  not  the  full  memories  themselves.

Third-­‐Party-­‐Brain

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Amber  Case  |  Cyborg  Anthropologist

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OUTLOOK

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„That's  why  I  say  that  data  is  the  new  oil  for  the  digital  age.  How  many  other  ways  could  s8mulate  a  market  worth  70  billion  euros  a  year,  without  spending  big  budgets?  Not  many,  I'd  say.“Neelie  Kroes  |  Vice-­‐President  of  the  European  Commission  responsible  for  the  Digital  Agenda  and  Open  DataURL:  h6p://bit.ly/XL2ZfP

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DATA  +  JOURNALISM  =

DATAJOURNALISM  #DDJ

Riot  rumours:  how  misinforma.on  spread  on  Twi6er  during  a  .me  of  crisis

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URL  |  h6p://bit.ly/rv0Vr5

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