Reliability of Social Media

Emerging technologies in new globalized moments have subsequently called into question of shaping and presenting information in transparent way on grassroots’ level. Different media folks have dealt with this problem with a variety of ways and perspectives like meta-moderation, Karma etc. The most aware and conscious public of human history is shifting in numerous ways on its social note. On the critical issue of how people acquire and perceive news and contemporary information on social media, we still haven’t any sound proves to judge the real essence of problem.

New generation is adopting more interactive and near-to-hand outlets in order to get information. Consequently, desire for digging up quality news on both traditional and modern social media has aroused. Traditional media has time-honored already a great sense of transparent and quality media channel during last many decades. On the other side, social media channels are still struggling with the issue because of the vary reason of anonymity and information tracking incapability of these so-called social media.

A large number of users have begun to look for news sources that assure the source of information being propagated to them either by integrity of media outlet or interactivity. This trend, in particular, confronts nothing less but the basic structure and methodology of news and information gathering and broadcasting. These technological and attitudinal swings have shaped the social media backdrop intensely complex, particularly for the folks behind these media. Intellectuals and knowledgeable spectators have long noted that swift, consistent shift of consumer’s conceptions of that news are vital to the continued existence of a free and self-governing society. Incapability of the current social media to address and brace associations with users/audiences and their emerging needs could result a destructive upshot on the future of social media technologies.

For a scientific and logical solution of any said problem, I can’t trust on the information posted by an anonymous user whose credibility can be challenged at any forum. On the other side, at given time X, not any researcher can rely on the information posted by any user till it is not verified or ‘’re-verified’’ by any meta-moderation or semantic web systems. Even after a solid verification by present tools used by social websites, most of the times, user can’t be assured about the real source of information. Hence this information can’t be referred at any logical forum.

As a result, we come to the burning question—what kind of new models can be adapted to deal with these above mentioned challenges? I hope to find some serious suggestions during the seminar discussion.