Allvoices Adds Context, Credibility to News-related Twitter Data
Allvoices, Inc., the first open media site where anyone can report from anywhere, today became the only citizen media outlet to integrate live, event- and location-specific Twitter data into its citizen reports. Live Twitter data assists allvoices’ comprehensive verification process with vetting stories for authenticity by providing additional context and ranking reports in allvoices’ “Breaking” and “Popular” categories. Users now enjoy an enhanced, real-time view of everything happening in the locations, around the events and to the people reported on the site.
Allvoices’ uses a combination of community input and algorithms to vet contributed reports. As soon as one is submitted, the system “pivots” around the report and immediately pulls related content from mainstream news and user generated sources like videos, blogs and pictures to create a full, 360 degree view of the news. Integrating live tweets makes allvoices’ ranking system even more real-time, adding context and a comprehensive understanding of circumstances surrounding the event.
Allvoices is the first citizen media outlet using technology to validate user generated content, the lack of which has been the biggest barrier to the mainstream adoption of citizen media. Allvoices’ ability to vet user-generated content against mainstream sources, as well as other citizen-generated reports instantly provides validity and a measure of credibility to citizen reports, and gives users a level of comfort when consuming this information.
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Tags: 360 degree view, algorithms, authenticity, blogs, circumstances, citizen reports, community input, credibility, information source, mainstream adoption, mainstream news, mainstream sources, pivots, real time view, tweets, user generated content, using technology, validity, vet
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