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PageOneX is an innovative approach to the analysis and visualization of front page newspaper coverage, that enables communities and advocacy groups to track certain news threads in a easy and visual way. The project makes possible the comparison between two important pieces of the mass media and the Social Media: newspaper front pages and Twitter.  
PageOneX is an innovative approach to the analysis and visualization of front page newspaper coverage, that enables communities and advocacy groups to track certain news threads in a easy and visual way. The project makes possible the comparison between two important pieces of the mass media and the Social Media: newspaper front pages and Twitter.  


Examples of this tool in use could be seen in this gallery as well a longer text explaining the possibilities of the tool.  
Examples of this tool in use could be seen in this [http://numeroteca.org/cat/frontpage-newspaper/ gallery], as well a [http://civic.mit.edu/blog/pablo/analyzing-newspapers-front-pages longer text] explaining the possibilities of the tool.  


Example: #Occupy tweets and newspapers' front pages.
Example: [http://numeroteca.org/2011/12/17/surface-newspapers-front-pages-vs-twitter-dec13th-occupy-ows/ #Occupy tweets and newspapers' front pages].




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*Java Script
*Java Script
*MySQL
*MySQL
Mentor: [mailto:pablo@basurama.org pablo@basurama.org]
General Questions: [mailto:berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com]

Latest revision as of 10:20, 19 March 2012

PageOneX is an innovative approach to the analysis and visualization of front page newspaper coverage, that enables communities and advocacy groups to track certain news threads in a easy and visual way. The project makes possible the comparison between two important pieces of the mass media and the Social Media: newspaper front pages and Twitter.

Examples of this tool in use could be seen in this gallery, as well a longer text explaining the possibilities of the tool.

Example: #Occupy tweets and newspapers' front pages.


Coder

The coder would work in the implementation of the tool for an online platform. Work: Scrap images from online newspapers, build a data base, display them and let the user participate in a crowd-source coding process. Generate graphics based in the collected data.


Skills:

  • html5
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Java Script
  • MySQL


Mentor: pablo@basurama.org

General Questions: berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com