Social News Smarts August 9, 2007

"Social News and Community Expectations"

Moderated by Stacy Bond from AudioLuxe with a panel consisting of:
Evan Hansen, Wired News & Assignment Zero
Chris Tolles, Topix.com
Kevin Rose, Digg.com

Social News Aggregator sites offer visitors more than a chance to consume news, they also offer an opportunity to participate, weigh in on, contribute to and interact around the stories of the day.

As opportunities to participate become more and more common, will news consumers come to expect, or even demand, participation?
What distinguishes a “social news participant” from a “citizen journalist?”
What can traditional news sites learn from social news aggregators?

Join us at Social Media Club's August meeting at KQED,
2601 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, CA
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