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Twitter Does Not Represent Public Opinion
A study from the Pew Research Center highlights Twitter's skewed opinions. Data suggests that Twitter users tend to lean towards more Democratic versus Republican opinions, skewing the resulting data when compared to the sampled public.
Pew: More Tablet Owners Read News than Use Social Networking Sites [Infographic]
News consumption continues to evolve as smartphones and tablets compete with desktop and laptop computers for readers’ attention. The latest survey from Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism suggests that Americans still prefer email and trusted publications to checking headlines on Facebook and Twitter — 37 percent of tablet owners read the news on their devices every day, compared with the 34 percent who use social networking sites.
While the study found that people are accessing social media sites from their smartphones and tablets, many people still turn to trusted news brands for information. Of the respondents who read in-depth articles, 72 percent said they read articles they were not initially looking for, but only 23 percent said they did so through recommendations from family and friends.
The Economist Group collaborated with Pew Research Center on this survey of people who read the news on their tablets and smartphones. The future of news hangs in the balance as publishers test advertising models against paid subscriptions and try to capture readers with longer, in-depth articles as well as pithy headlines. Not surprisingly, mobile devices were better for checking headlines, while tablets lent themselves to long-form reading.
Check out more statistics from the survey in the infographic below, courtesy of the Pew Research Center.
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Twitter Founders Want to Reinvent Digital Publishing – Again (Mashable)
Twitter founders Ev Williams and Biz Stone want to shake up the digital publishing world with their latest venture, Medium. The pair, who also worked together on Blogger, announced the new platform Tuesday. GigaOM The new collaborative publishing tool lets people contribute as much or as little as they want to themed “collections” of content. The idea, the founders said in a blog post, is that people should be able to publish without “the burden of becoming a blogger” and worrying about developing an audience. The Next Web The platform has a grid-based layout and appears to fall somewhere between Twitter and Blogger as an option for content creators. The interface for photographs is especially gorgeous, taking up the full window with the image and relegating chrome to the corners of the screen. TechCrunch Anyone can read and give feedback on Medium entries now, with publishing access to roll out from friends and family to more people soon. To start, there are four collections. VentureBeat
The big question is, does the Internet have room for one more publishing platform? And if it does, is Medium the lucky one out of a sea of competing products? continued…
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Study: 69% Of Social Media Teens Say Peers Are Mostly Kind To One Another
According to a study done by the Pew Research Center, 69% of social media-using teens think their peers are mostly kind to one another. continued…
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