Facebook Posts Will Inform Al Jazeera Talk Show
The Arab news network Al Jazeera plans to launch an English-language talk show that will take cues from viewers' posts on Facebook and Twitter.
The Arab news network Al Jazeera plans to launch an English-language talk show that will take cues from viewers’ posts on Facebook and Twitter.
“The Stream” promises to make of popular posts on Facebook and other social media sites to inform the content of 15-minute episodes, without entirely relying on crowdsourcing. Producers will choose topics to cover but allow the speakers to improvise rather than speak from teleprompters.
One of the show’s producers told Wired News that Al Jazeera is aiming for a younger, more technologically connected audience than most other news talk shows.
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