The content cascade

Nieman Journalism Lab by Martin Langeveld | Apr. 7, 2009 (Opinion)
How content will flow in digital news enterprises

Rather than trying to redefine “the basic unit of news” — it used to be the story; is it now the fact, or the topic, the issue, or what? — and what that implies for the work of journalists, going forward it will be most useful to think about content as a cascade, as in a stream running down a rocky glen, always moving, dividing, uniting, filling pools here and there, constantly finding new niches to fill.

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Subjects: Business, Sci/Tech, Media
Topics: Internet, Citizen Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Social Networks
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 by Fabrice Florin - Apr. 7, 2009

Insightful observations about what the author calls the "content cascade" model -- new ways for digital news and information to flow through social networks into blogs and wikis, on an ongoing basis. Thoughtful commentary, presented logically and reasonably, with informative context.

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