Pew Research Center took a snapshot of news stories on user-generated sites such as Reddit, Digg and Del.ic.ious, comparing them with those in mainstream US news and, not suprisingly, found a different focus. Mainstream news focused on stories about Iraq and immigration (research was late June 2007), user-generated sites were more exercised by the release of the iPhone and the fortunes of Sony and Nintendo. Not surprising given the user group. More interesting was the more eclectic range of stories in user-generated news: 'a little about a lot of things' compared to the extensive and more durable coverage in mainstream news. About a quarter of the 'user-generated' content was drawn directly from mainstream sites, with only about 1% actually user-generated from scratch.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6990033.stm
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An occasional listing of notes and anecdotes on user-centred design
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Alison Black - I'm a psychologist and, having worked for many years in the design of user-centred products and services, am now Professor of User-Centred Design at University of Reading, UK.
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In 'A Study in Scarlet' Arthur Conan Doyle wrote: "I believe that a man's brain is like a little empty attic, and you stock it with such furniture as you choose....the skillful workman will have...nothing but the tools which will help him doing his work..."
As we now know, Conan Doyle's analogy doesn't quite tell the full story of the brain but nevertheless this blog is a place for me to store notes that, if not logged here, might be forgotten.
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