A recent survey has revealed that there are far too many daily surveys to keep track of new surveys. But here's a good one that may not come as huge surprise to some. According to research conducted by Cision and Don Bates of The George Washington University 89% of journalists now source stories from social media.
That probably isn't the best of news for journalists really who are increasingly worried about user generated content but it's certainly interesting from a semantic web point of view. It proves that those hunting for news no longer really need to rely on print media, or even online publishers. It's the blogs, the tweets and the social updates that are the direct source of information.
Yes, the publications are still useful to an extent. In a massive reverse they are now the ones that evaluate and analyse the the content (ironically what social media was designed for in the first place) but providing you have a suitable way of scanning the vast content, i.e automation, cutting out the middle man is now very possible.
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