The Interactive Journalism MA students at City, University of London are back for another season of The Interhacktives Podcast.

In this episode, Olivia Burney, Bryony Gooch and Freya Graham discuss the launch of Donald Trump’s TRUTH social, TikTok videos becoming longer and the introduction of Instagram Story likes.

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Social Media Roundup: TRUTH Social, longer TikTok videos and Instagram Story likes

The Interactive Journalism MA students at City, University of London are back for another episode of The Interhacktives Podcast.

In this episode, Olivia Burney, Oliver Barsby and Gemma Farrell discuss Meta’s controversial widely viewed content report, how the Ukraine war is playing out on social media and Archant’s adoption of digital magazine for environmental reasons.

We’ve recorded this episode over Zoom due to ongoing university and tube strikes (fun…), but we’ll be back in the studio next week!

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Mentioned in the podcast: 

-	Topic 1: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-releases-new-widely-viewed-content-report-for-facebook-which-contin/619645/ 
-	Bellingcat resources: https://www.bellingcat.com/tag/disinformation/ 
-	Ukraine war explainer TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@interhacktives_/video/7068391885026430213?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 
-	Topic 3: https://pressgazette.co.uk/archant-asks-print-subscribers-of-life-magazines-shift-to-apps/ 
-	A Day in The Life as an Interactive Journalism Student TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@interhacktives_/video/7070253474340015366?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1

Social Media Roundup: Meta’s widely viewed content, the Ukraine war and Archant’s eco shift

This year's Interhacktives from City, University of London discuss the introduction of 10-minute videos to TikTok. Will this new feature kill YouTube?

Will TikTok kill YouTube?

The Interactive Journalism MA students at City, University of London are back for another episode of The Interhacktives Podcast.

In this episode, Gemma Farrell, Oliver Barsby and Stella-Quinn Hernandez discuss the use of social media in the ongoing Ukraine War, Amazon’s Amp app and last, but by no means least, the debate that’s been dividing the internet this week: are there more wheels or doors in the world?

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Mentioned in the podcast: 

-	Topic 2: https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/08/amazon-launches-a-live-radio-app-amp-which-lets-you-play-dj-with-the-amazon-music-catalog/?utm_campaign=The%20Media%20Roundup%20from%20Media%20Voices&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter 
-	Topic 3: https://twitter.com/newyorknixon/status/1500000428985286657

Social Media Roundup: The Ukraine War on socials, Amazon’s Amp and Wheels or Doors?

This week, Bryony, Freya, and Olly discuss Telegram, Instagram, and journalism in the Metaverse... Give us a follow on Twitter and let us know what you think! @Interhacktives

Navigating social platforms old and new

Join Marieta and Laura, two postgraduate student journalists who are excited to step into the world of journalism but are also concerned about where the profession is headed. A.I. chatbots have sparked controversial discussions around search, written content, and trust, but are these tools the only ones that journalists should fear? Data scientists and newsrooms have been collaborating for years to ensure the ethical and efficient use of artificial intelligence and to take storytelling to another level. Listen to the weekly episodes of this podcast to hear about all things A.I. and journalism from renowned industry experts.

Artificial Intelligence: A journalist's friend or enemy?

Newsrooms have been exploring how Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Information Extractions (IE) can modularise content as reusable elements to use for different storytelling formats and for meeting users’ needs. But what bits and pieces are worth looking at and how can journalists do that? Marieta and Laura talk to Ines Montani, founder of ExplosionAI and Anna Vissens, lead data scientist at The Guardian, to find out more about modular journalism and the importance of transparency when using AI.

Modular Journalism: The new way to find stories?

Marieta and Laura discuss how AI can be used to build on local journalism with special guests Sonja Tutty, data journalist, and Joseph Hook, editor of RadarAI. There are so many stories hidden into massive spreadsheets, that local reporters may have no time or resources to go through, and that’s what Radar’s team does with the help of AI. But they are still writing the stories, doing original interviews, and seeking the data themselves. So, if AI is not being used to compose the articles, then how does one script turn into hundreds of local news pieces? Listen to this episode to find out.

REPORTERS, DATA, ROBOTS: Reimagining local journalism's potential

Did Pope Francis endorse Donald Trump? Did Hillary Clinton sell weapons to Isis? If you don't know the answers to these questions, you may have been the victim of fake news. In the first episode of a new podcast from Interhacktives – Data Day – Ella Wilks-Harper and Luke Barratt discuss the rise of fake news, question whether the crisis has been overstated, and examine some possible solutions to the problem. 

Mark Zuckerburg's initial response to the fake news scandal:

http://bit.ly/2fZ533d

Buzzfeed's story about Macedonian teenagers using fake news to garner ad revenue:

http://bzfd.it/2fYYxcZ

A letter from the editor of Aftenposten attacking Zuckerburg over the censoring of a picture from the Vietnam War:

http://bit.ly/2fZ4QNJ

Buzzfeed's analysis of engagement with fake news on Facebook in the last few months before the US election:

http://bzfd.it/2fZ5JWt

The rise of fake news

On this week's Data Day, Luke Barratt and Bridie Pearson-Jones discuss what relationship tech companies in Silicon Valley can or should be doing to resist Donald Trump. Such companies overwhelmingly supported Clinton in the US election, and have in the past been outspokenly progressive on social issues.

However, the Intercept reported that of nine tech companies they asked, only Twitter said it wouldn't help Trump create a database of American Muslims. Will tech companies adapt to a new Trump presidency?

The Intercept article: http://bit.ly/2h4vUvn

There is a wider discussion to be had around the place of the far right on the Internet. We discuss Jonathan Albright's research, which threw up some interesting results regarding the way in which far-right websites used internal links to game Google's algorithm.

Jonathan Albright's research: http://bit.ly/2h4oOHh

Moreover, some have put forward specific steps they feel should be taken by tech companies in Silicon Valley if they are to follow through on their consistent criticism of Donald Trump.

Sonia Katyal, Chancellor's Professor of Law, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology codirector, on how the tech industry can resist Trump: http://bit.ly/2h4wdq1

Follow Luke on Twitter at twitter.com/lukewbarratt, follow Bridie at twitter.com/bridiepjones, and follow Interhacktives at twitter.com/Interhacktives.

You can also find this podcast and previous episodes on iTunes and on www.interhacktives.com/category/podcast/

Should Silicon Valley resist Donald Trump?

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

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

Interview with Jochai Ben-Avie @ Mozilla Festival 2017

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

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 2020

Interhacktives Roundtable:  City University's Interactive Journalism Course

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'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

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'.

Social Media Round up- 12/03/2020

🚨The Interactive Journalism MA students at City, University of London are back for another season of The Interhacktives Podcast, your weekly update of the biggest social media news headlines affecting social media teams in the newsroom. 

👂 Join us every Fridays as we briefly recap the three updates you need to know about to ensure your publication is using social media efficiently and effectively to reach you targets. 

🆕 New episodes released Fridays at 8am.

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