Universities should use Twitter to engage with students
http://www.theguardian.com/education/mortarboard/2013/nov/22/universities-twitter-engage-with-students
Summary of the story: This article is about how universities wants to engage with their students via social media such as Twitter. They argue that twitter would help gain more knowledge, as they will be debating about issues and be able to ask questions and have conversations. Also, Twitter is a fast way to pass information esp by using hashtags and reach students quickly.
The article states ' Questioning and debating teaches us to think critically – a key skill no matter what you're studying – and online debate is a way to develop these skills. Hashtags create online communities where you can discuss a topic with your peers.' -
key information/ statistics :
- According to recent research, 75% of students in Europe admit to using Twitter "all the time". 42% of under 20-year-olds use social media mainly to "stay up to date"
Yes, this wouldn't just be part of students' everyday social-media use, and they'd have to make the effort of logging onto the system.
Mr Paton, put up this paywall: a Gorbachev moment for news
Summary of the story: In this article, John Parton wants to introduce charging, have paywalls around almost every newspaper locale and national. This from his nation's leading apostle of "digital first", the prophet of free news access on the net has come to an end. "We believe an all-access print-digital subscription initiative is necessary to buy us that proverbial gas in the tank. With the rise of digital and the fall of print, we're at the point where we can launch".
key information/ statistics :
- The proportion of US papers putting a paywall into place is now above 40% and is still rising.
- Mail Online revenue was up 48%, moving from £13m to £28m to £41m in successive years as unique visitor totals soared
- Mail and Mail on Sunday print revenues went down by 5% overall, another £28m gone.
In my opinion, i think that news should be free for all to access due to the fact that its one of the basic human right, people need to know what is going on around them however i am aware that business wont be able to make profit and all their hard work will not be rewarded.
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