mobile + journalism: get your mojo

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mobilerobin@cybersoc.com

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•service providers - why?

•citizen journalism

•journalism

•tools

service providers - why?•create audiences

•gather demographic data

•connect dots of the social graph

•learn through usage patterns

•sell higher value targeted ads

"every time you add information about yourself, it's like filling in a survey... all without your knowledge, consent, or having ever been asked..."

Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Canada

http://www.cybersoc.com/2007/11/video-on-privac.html

http://www.nickburcher.com/2009/02/latitude-google-puts-spy-in-your-pocket.html

“So now you can do things like see if your spouse is

stuck in traffic on the way home from work, notice

that a buddy is in town for the weekend, or take

comfort in knowing that a loved one's flight landed

safely, despite bad weather...” Google

citizen reporting

•camera in your pocket

•tell friends “I was there, I’m ok”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5181396.stm

http://twitter.com/jkrums

http://twitpic.com/135xa

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7834505.stm

http://www.cybersoc.com/2006/10/daily_show_look.html

CNN Photosynth: http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/44.president/inauguration/themoment/

journalism

•camera in your pocket

•low cost

•unobtrusive

•“live”

http://www.reutersmojo.com/

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