Comments on: PEJ Social News Report Demonstrates Only That Digg and Reddit Are Highly Niche Sites

By: il blog di mytech » Blog Archive » Social news e notiziabilità

il blog di mytech » Blog Archive » Social news e notiziabilità — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:49:28 +0000

[...] solo a siti come digg e reddit per informarsi), di certo non sarebbe confortante. Giustamente Scott Karp fa notare come digg&co non rispecchiano assolutamente gli interessi della base di utenti: la [...]

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Blog Post 2 - Electric Bugaloo « Digital Claxon — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:51:07 +0000

[...] 18th, 2007 · No Comments Publish2 Blog reports that social bookmarking sites, such as Digg, Reddit, and Del.icio.us, are mostly populated with [...]

By: links for 2007-09-17 « David Black

links for 2007-09-17 « David Black — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:30:44 +0000

[...] PEJ Social News Report Demonstrates Only That Digg and Reddit Are Highly Niche Sites – Publish2 Blog “The irony of the report’s title subtitle — “Your Vote Counts” — is that for most users of Digg and Reddit, their vote actually doesn’t count much in determining which stories get attention.” (tags: internet socialmedia news aggregators journalism digg) [...]

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online market research company — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:01:35 +0000

What digg, reddit and delicious did – is allowed second voice to be heard .. i.e. from the day one media was dominated by right wingers or people with various prejudice and now we have tool to counter them

By: paul burt

paul burt — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:44:57 +0000

I think it would behoove you all to read the thoughtful analysis by reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian

http://reddit.blogspot.com/2007/09/project-for-excellence-in-journalism_12.html

http://reddit.blogspot.com/2007/09/pej-study-everyone-is-talking-about.html

By: Olivia Ma

Olivia Ma — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:39:26 +0000

The PEJ’s conclusion that: “online users gravitated toward different topics than those from traditional news outlets,” seems a bit obvious to me. The “social news sites” are more than likely only a piece of most users’ every day news consumption. I don’t think that digg, reddit, or del.icio.us really and truly replace the mainstream media brands (NYTimes, Washington Post, WSJ, CNN) in providing the news “of record.” Despite their flaws and perhaps occasional biases, these media brands are established and trusted for a reason — and when you really want to get a sense of what’s going on in the world, most people are probably going to check out one of the above mentioned mainstream media outlets. However, the MSM often does not have the most fun, quirky, interesting, useful stories — the kind of stories you’re inclined to pro-actively share with your friends. That’s what social news sites are about — those articles and blog posts that you want more people to see than otherwise would.

So, doesn’t it make sense that there wouldn’t be a ton of overlap between social media sources and mainstream media sources? I go to reddit and digg to see what’s considered “hot” at the moment by my peers, not to see what’s happening in politics or the economy. I find that the beauty of social recommendation is serendipitous discovery.

By: Altyrian View » What Is News? Mainstream Media and Social Media Sites Differ

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:17:30 +0000

[...] as Scott Karp points out in his blog, the audience for Digg and Reddit is completely different from that of that of most mainstream [...]

By: berny

berny — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:36:25 +0000

I think the study also fails to underline that actually today we have an increasing complementarity of news sources, that people can (and do) check the news throughout their days, both online and offline — and so there is a on-going integration of traditional and niche media sites, which seems much more important than their even too obvious differences.

By: NXTblog - The blog of NXTbook Media » Blog Archive » Scott Karp on Niche-y News

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:14:31 +0000

[...] Karp provides some key insight into the PEJ Social News Report. He focuses on how these sites don’t work well for mass media [...]

By: PDR

PDR — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:50:14 +0000

It would be interesting to see the change in focus on social news sites if the mainstream media channels vanished into the ether. Surely the average news consumer finds their appetite for “mainstream” stories thoroughly sated, hence the migration to niche aggregators. I suggest there would be far more diversity, and far more ranting, if this were the only ballgame.