State of the digital media universe in Canada

This comScore briefing on the digital media landscape in Canada has valuable data about what Canadians go online. The presentation delves into social media, video and mobile. comScore Briefing – State of the Digital Media Universe View more presentations from AchillesMedia. (Via Newslab.ca)

Curran dissects perspectives on future of journalism

The Future of Journalism conference started in Cardiff with a welcome from Bob Franklin. The conference received 370 abstracts, with more than 100 research papers being presented in 30 panels over two days. In his welcoming address, Franklin notes that the future of journalism looks different from different countries and cultures. The meat of the conference begins with a keynote by James Curran, Director of the Goldsmith’s Media Research Centre

BBC graphic shows how people use on-demand media

The BBC’s User Experience & Design team is sharing its findings into how people are consuming media. But rather than publish a long report, it offers a visual representation in this infographic: The aim of the project was to understand how people are using media. Among the things that emerged was that a lot of people feel overwhelmed at the amount of choice there is and how  people mixed and

Journalism and the long tail

Some of you may have heard of Chris Anderson and his book The Long Tail. In a lengthy interview with the Press Gazette, the editor-in-chief of Wired magazine talks about where journalism is heading. He explains how the way people are getting their news is changing and why he believes media organisations should offer their content for free online. But as the editor of a print product, he talks about