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An Unfiltered Response: News Websites Have Uneasy Relationship with User-Generated Content
I’m traveling and received a few notes about a specific study that came out by Neil Thurman. Hat tip to Chris Mims.
The study can be found here: News Websites Have Uneasy Relationship with User-Generated Content
“Major news websites are struggling to make the most of readers’ contributions due to factors such as the costs of moderation and the varying quality of user-generated content (UGC), whilst in return readers are not fully engaging with the UGC initiatives.”
Alfred Hermida has a nice summary here as well.
What follows is really an unfiltered reaction - written rather quickly, as I’m traveling at the moment to partake in WeMedia. My point is: Take it for what it is - my gut instinct without having taken the time to examine things very closely. I don’t want to push the study aside, but I do have a few gripes with it.