Online News Sharing and Annotation in the Age of Participatory Media

A lot of the current news consumption and sharing takes place online, through traditional news outlets or new media. This research discusses different patterns of news sharing through images and challenges in designing tools that support the engagement with diverse opinions in news. The first part of the talk will focus on analysis done on the type of memes and images people share during popular events such as campaigns for marriage equality, the Boston Marathon or other political issues. Our research analyses the diversity of discussion threads and sources that are revealed through annotated images. The second part of the talk will focus on how social annotations of news articles influences user behavior. We will discuss how enhancing user interfaces can encourage user engagement.

Speaker Details

Elena Agapie is working at the Berkman Center on the development of an open data platform that allows researchers to answer quantitative questions about the content of online media. Elena received a Masters of Science from Harvard University, with a focus in Human Computer Interaction. Her research studies how we can enhance user interfaces to encourage better user behavior. Elena is particularly interested in how technology can help people overcome their biases and engage with more diverse information.

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Microsoft Research Talks
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Elena Agapie
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Lab

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