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Marcus P. Zillman notes an open-source clip art wiki has started called the Open Clip Art Project. The project aims to create a free archive of clip art that can be used with free software, closed software, distributed with various software distributions, or be used in graphic design compositions.
Is widespread, freely available online news weakening big media brands ? Online Journalism Review's Mark Glaser ponders that as news is shared through the Internet, it loses its identity.
Former AOL exec Susan Mernit tells OJR:
"In a way, part of the commoditization is that the news story in itself becomes less important," she said. "The idea of blogging or a vox populi, a voice of the people, is something that many portals are dealing with in their own way by giving readers opportunity to comment, by showing the most popular or linked to stories, by asking people to rate the story, or take a poll. News stories are becoming part of the package and that in turn diminishes their brand value."
For the past few weeks, MarketingVOX has been volleying questions to Ali Yaqoub, marketing manager for Iraqi Web portal Baghdad Bazaar. Among other topics, MarketingVOX asked him about the nature and culture of the businessmen who will be responsible for redevelopment, the infrastructure problems that pose challenges and the opportunity for Web marketing to bring the unsettled economy to markets it cannot otherwise access. MarketingVOX reports.
A fascinating paper presented by Andrew Lih, an Assistant Professor at Hong Kong University, at the University of Texas at Austin's recent International Symposium on Online Journalism analyzes how Wikipedia's articles are increasingly cited in the media and as a credible source. Wikipedia is a popular Internet-based, user contributed encyclopedia that is collaboratively edited.
"Wikipedia as Participatory Journalism: Reliable Sources?" (PDF) is the equivalent of The Pelican Brief for the public relations industry. It's a must read for any PR pro trying - as I am - to understand the impact that participatory/citizen journalism will have on our profession. It provides clear metrics that show how Wikipedia has quickly emerged as a media influencer. During a 14 month period (Jan. 03 - Mar. 04), according to the research, 113 Wikipedia articles were referred to by various news outlets.
There are several other interesting papers on the UT's International Symposium Web site as well. They can be found here.
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