voci.usbuilding communities around news stories

project team: 

Dan Berenholtz . Venkat Dinavahi . Thomas Kong . Evelyn Larrubia . Wendy Norris

voci.usbuilding communities around news stories

project assumptions

• news consumers want to engage in dialogue   • they are motivated to share information

• lack of civility on comment forums prevents engagement

• news media as key partners 

voci.usbuilding communities around news stories

experiments   news consumer surveys        41 people       > 50% early-adopters        100% online news consumers       personal interviews, online Q&A via Facebook, Twitter & Quora

voci.usbuilding communities around news stories

results

voci.usbuilding communities around news stories

results

voci.usbuilding communities around news stories

prototype