News and quizzes to engage teenagers in politics
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A GEN Editors Lab hackday project
Eva Csuthi (web designer), Alessio Sgherza (journalist), Federico Zanchetta (developer)
TEENAGERS & POLITICS: SOME DATA
(dati Demos e Eurisko)�
WHAT TEENAGERS WANT (AND HOW)
“Teens are (over)confident in their web abilities, but they perform worse than adults”
So: �
A web app, full responsive, mobile first
News of the day
It’s not just an editorial choice: we are interested in the main topics on the web
So:
1. We aggregate all the articles in the italian media about politics (via rss)
Right now we have:
Ansa, Corriere della Sera, il Fatto quotidiano, Giornale, Il Sole 24 Ore, Libero, Quotidiano nazionale, la Repubblica, La Stampa, TgCom24
2. We total the numbers
of social sharings on Fb, Tw and G+ for each article
News of the day/2
3. We apply to each site
a ‘multiplier’
to give each article
the same weight �(because smaller sites
could be undervalued)...
… and we decrease it
“as time goes by”
We call this final number
SOCIAL RANK
4. We cluster all the articles about the same topic
and we total all the social ranks of these articles
5. So we have a list
of the Top Trending News
of the day on social networks
It’s a teen’s choice
Starting from that list, teenagers that are logged on to the app can vote for each topic and change the list.
We add this ‘golden vote’ to the
social rank of the topic and
update the homepage.
Safeguard clause: editors can at any time decide a different homepage
For math lovers...
For editors’ eyes only ;-)�The topics of the last 48 hours
For editors’ eyes only ;-)�The articles of the last 48 hours
Do you recognize him?
Everybody - probably - recognizes Silvio Berlusconi, but there are many other characters in politics. First step for teenager: discover the politicians’ faces.
Do you recognize him? / 2
We create a database with photos of politicians.
A user can play as much as he wants.
Users can win the “Alla faccia” badge.
Badges are assigned when users guess 5, 20, 50, 100, 250 politicians’ faces and can be shared on social networks.
Do you recognize him? / 2
We create a database with photos of politicians.
A user can play as much as he wants.
Users can win the “Alla faccia” badge.
Badges are assigned when users guess 5, 20, 50, 100, 250 politicians’ faces and can be shared on social networks.
Who said that?
Words are important in politics, and analizing a politicians’ statement is a good way for teenagers to become familiar with political topics.
Who said that? / 2
Each day editors must create three questions, with a politicians’ quotation and three likely answers
Users can win the “Chi l’ha detto?” badge
Badge is assigned when users guess 3 answers on a single day and the badge can be shared on social networks.
Who said that? / 2
Each day editors must create three questions, with a politicians’ quotation and three likely answers
Users can win the “Chi l’ha detto?” badge
Badge is assigned when users guess 3 answers on a single day and the badge can be shared on social networks.
User’s profile
For games and badges we use the Gigya platform, which we already use as commenting platform on Repubblica.it
Gigya will allow us to register users with their social identities, set quizzes, give badges and make rankings between users
DAILY TASKS FOR EDITORS
At least three times a day (and after breaking news), check the admin panel to:
Once a day:
Bonus track for newsrooms: analize the web, discover new topics and decide whether and how to cover them
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