Your new post is loading...
WebProNews interviewed Kate Brodock, the Executive Director of Digital and Social Media at Syracuse University about critical elements of successful content curation on the web.
From her replies:
"People or organizations tend to falter in two areas.
a) In the verification process
b) when they should be giving proper attribution to the original content creator.
These two areas need special attention.”
...proper attribution of the original content creator is very important.
There are many ways to do this on various platforms, and there are generally recognized “best practices” that people use.
If you neglect the attribution part of the equation, this is when you get into sticky situations (no matter what your expert lawyer has told you).
...It pays to take a look at how each platform handles this aspect of curation and make sure you’re dotting your “I”s and crossing your ‘t’s.”
Right on the mark. 8/10
Read more: http://www.webpronews.com/content-curation-what-does-it-take-to-be-successful-2011-10
Via Robin Good
The last bit about how the end reader feels about attribution was interesting as well.
“In your opinion, how much does it matter to the consumer if they’re obtaining information from its original source, as long as that source is credited? Consumers want information, and that means different things to different people. Many consumers are only concerned about the information they receive and being able to process it quickly because they’re reading these sites simply as a way to quickly digest information and move on. Other consumers may want to dig deeper, explore more sources, get to the original source and expand their body of information. And others still may actually NEED to have the original source for verification purposes or if they’re conducting research or writing an article. This depends on what type of consumer you are.”