ANALYSIS OF TWEET BY DYMOND24

I disagree that the story Dymond tweeted is unbalanced. The article, which was published by the Washington Post, is balanced because the article presents all sides of the story equally. The focus of the story is the victim's family and children and repercussions they will all face. The author explains how Caleb Crew changed his story from not guilty to guilty, offers an explanation for why he committed the crime and states his sentence.

Source: Washington Post

What makes this story unbalanced? The author provides information about both the victim and the perpetrator, who happen to be a husband and a wife. The story covers their volatile history and even explains how Andrea Crew had recently dropped domestic abuse charges against her husband, not long before he killed her. The timeline of events is clear. Images of Crew's attorney's reactions at court are engrained in the audience's brain. The article ends with a future-action kicker explaining the effect this incident will have on their couple's children.

Whats the News?
The article has the news qualities of human interest and proximity. Firstly, murder almost always includes human interest. We see this from the comments section below the article. People share the reactions to the article; these reactions include relating to the perpetrator's "temper" and sympathizing with the victim and her family. The story has proximity because the crime was committed in Fairfax, Virginia. Crew's sentencing is scheduled to be held on January 9 in Fairfax, Virginia.

Try Tweeting Something Less Newsy
While the story Dymond posted would be classified as hard news, here's an example of a feature news story. This story does not have any real news qualities, except that it is unique to a specific audience niche. This article tells a story of two collaborators who met on an "artistic blind date." The article goes on to list details about their shows. The tweet Dymond could write about this article could be something along the lines of "@aaronposner and @lauraeason may have met in college and are receiving recognition for their artistic masterpieces. http://wapo.st/1wdkbeF"

Study Shows Media Consumption and Usage is Affected by Accessibilty, Consumer Choice and Tools

by Natasha42 and Emily8

The Internet provides endless resources and tools for Americans to consume news via different platforms and interact socially via mobile devices. In comparison with the United States, some other countries have limited on the accessibility to social networks and new sources, thus their digital interactions are varied.

U.S. Media Consumption Depends on Accessibility

Media consumption in the United States depends on the capabilities of each device and the media outlet's capabilities of of sending information to that device. For example, more traditional news outlets like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal depend more on their hard-copy sales, rather than disseminating news digitally. In the American market for digital news, outlets face a much higher competition between each other because of the amount of outlets, media organizations and capabilities available. Yahoo, which is considered a "pure player," is most popular not only in the United States, but also in other countries in Western Europe and Asia.

U.S. Social Network Choice Depends on Reason for Consumption

The most widely used social networks in the U.S. are Facebook and YouTube. The United States government does not put restrictions on citizens' use of these sites, with few exceptions pertaining to privacy, vulgarity and security. However, in other countries the governments may control citizens' access to these sites and therefore access to news outlets. According to Reuters, "news lovers" love Twitter, which is why it is used more in European countries. The interests of the users and the reasons for which media consumers use specific sites affect how much they use certain platforms. In the United States, less people are concerned with the news and are more concerned with social interaction.

Applications Are Becoming More Popular for News Sites Internationally

Smartphones and tablets user are using apps as opposed to mobile sites to gain new information. Users in denmark lead the way with 19% of users using news apps followed by the U.K. with 16%. 50% of Users in the U.K. are mainly using app as opposed to mobile sites on desktop applications. This as increase dramatically over the years. In smart phones it has increased 6% and in the growing tablet industry it has incread 9%. This impacts the news industry as they must now shift from focusing on developing their moblie sites to developing their apps.

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Internet Users' Privacy Concerns Increase Based on Data Collectors' Transparency

After the Snowden incident of 2013, the conversation about transparency and surveillance in our nation became widely discussed. Many US citizens became angry and held negative perceptions of our government upon finding out about its collecting data without users' permission. Thus, the 2014 online study conducted to find out about the public’s level of privacy concern based on their knowledge of the data collectors was highly relevant.

The study essentially sought to find how ubiquitous surveillance affects users’ concerns about the privacy of their personal information. For the purposes of this study, ubiquitous surveillance was defined as “increasing penetration of computerized data capture on a daily basis.” Transparency was defined as “disclosing any piece of information available to the person being surveilled that concerns the identity, purposes or practices of the involved data collectors.”

In some methods of data collection users have exhibited positive perceptions; these methods include online marketing, shopping and job applications. When users see how and why their information is being used, they react positively. For example, users partake in online shopping and companies collect information about what kind of apparel specific customers like. If the customers are aware that companies are tracking their style, they would be less concerned because they were aware of these conditions and the company had no malicious intentions.

The hypothesis was based on the idea that if users were aware of the data collectors identity and intentions, concern levels were lower. The hypothesis stated that data collectors' transparency fosters positive reactions and opaqueness yields negative reactions from users. This study dealt with how transparency differs across different “domains of ubiquitous surveillance” and how different levels of transparency affect users’ privacy concerns.

Survey Uses Nine Scenarios to Tests Users' Concern Levels

The experiment was a non-random convenience sample. The study took the form of an online questionnaire, distributed to 1,911 native Finnish-speakers. The average age of respondents was 36 years old and 68 percent of respondents were female. Researchers conducted nine separate surveillance scenarios, which were set up by alternating users' knowledge of the identity and intention of data collectors.

Identity types for data collectors included private, organization and hidden. The three different intention types for data collectors were negative, neutral and hidden. The study measured the general concern for privacy, concern for the particular data exposed, experiential states (frustration, anxiety) and behavioral responses (inhibition of regular behavior).

The nine different scenarios were rated by average level of users' concern. The graph below depicts the varying levels of concern based on average values.

Data Collectors' Transparency Generates Positive Reactions in Internet Users

Overall, the study found that transparency decreases the level of concern in respondents. Essentially, if people know who is collecting their data and why and what purpose it serves, they are less concerned about their privacy. The study found that the highest level of concern is associated with scenarios in which the data collectors had negative intentions. Most people felt more concerned if they did not know the identity of the data collector. Thus, the hypothesis was proven to be correct.

The study's findings were not surprising, as most individuals naturally feel more threatened when they face uncertainty associated with possible threats; in this case respondents’ privacy was being threatened. The findings of the study suggest that data collectors should unveil their identities and intentions in order to maintain low levels of concern.