The second day of the festival showed high level of interactions online, in particularly on Twitter. The web conversation analysis made by Buzzflow highlights the most relevant topics of the day.
One of the most discussed issues is the role of journalism in difficult contexts, such as war, political or social crisis. In contexts where news is ambiguous, Internet seems to be able to respond to every question:
Gli elettori inglesi chiedono a Google per chi dovrebbero votare http://t.co/QuDhYR4Cxq DI @FraZaffarano #ijf15 pic.twitter.com/xDilX9sqNi
— La Stampa (@la_stampa) 16 Aprile 2015
“Internet in the only escape from fear” @khalidalbaih #ijf15
— Cristina Nadotti (@CriNadot) 16 Aprile 2015
These unlimited possibilities of Internet need a responsible journalistic approach. The idea of ethical and responsible use of the web was mentioned in many conversations:
Dice Goracci che internet è come l’Aleph di Borges: ti mostra tutto contemporaneamente,ma poi il giornalista di guerra deve filtrare #ijf15
— Antonio Talia (@AntonioTalia) 16 Aprile 2015
“Il buon giornalista deve essere prima di tutto una persona per bene.” Kapuściński rievocato al #ijf15 da Lucia Goracci @journalismfest
— Jacopo Ottaviani (@JacopoOttaviani) 16 Aprile 2015
The responsibility of journalist’s work is also the question of its editorial quality. The other issue that appears from web conversations is the evolution of journalism: does Internet make journalism any better?
@KellieRiordan “How to maintain editorial quality in the era of digital journalism? Accuracy, independence, impartiality” #ijf15
— Tosca Ballerini (@toskolina) April 16, 2015
A good early example of media debunking myths from @KellieRiordan: the BBC’s UGC Hub #ijf15 pic.twitter.com/8elqtLqRqK
— Jacqui Maher (@jacqui) April 16, 2015
.@dangillmor: “Clickbait was not invented over the internet. Tabloid always did that. The solution is transparency” #ijf15
— Valerio Bassan (@valeriobassan) 16 Aprile 2015
Among the other related issues discussed online, the development of relations between journalism and social networks, in particularly Facebook, in terms of both creating and consumption of news. Can social network be reliable sources of news?
“Facebook should be a complementary news source only.” @andyrmitchell dodging questions about accountability at #ijf15
— ThomNagy (@ThomNagy) 16 Aprile 2015
Perhaps the journalistic community should believe more in its possibilities in the fast-changing world:
Can newsrooms say no to the social networks? @dangillmor says we should think about it. I agree we have more power than we think #ijf15
— Fergus Bell (@fergb) 16 Aprile 2015