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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 [gallery http://numeroteca.org/cat/frontpage-newspaper/], as well a [longer text http://civic.mit.edu/blog/pablo/analyzing-newspapers-front-pages] explaining the possibilities of the tool. | ||
Example: #Occupy tweets and newspapers' front pages. | Example: [#Occupy tweets and newspapers' front pages http://numeroteca.org/2011/12/17/surface-newspapers-front-pages-vs-twitter-dec13th-occupy-ows/]. | ||
Revision as of 10:51, 12 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 http://numeroteca.org/cat/frontpage-newspaper/], as well a [longer text http://civic.mit.edu/blog/pablo/analyzing-newspapers-front-pages] explaining the possibilities of the tool.
Example: [#Occupy tweets and newspapers' front pages http://numeroteca.org/2011/12/17/surface-newspapers-front-pages-vs-twitter-dec13th-occupy-ows/].
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