Los Contenidos de Usuario en el Wall Street Journal

Comentamos en la sesión del Doctorado de hoy, de la mano de Fernando Pastor, las normas que este gran diario tiene sobre Participación de sus usuarios -sobre todo suscriptores-, en las que no permite el anonimato en ningún caso.


Contempla cuestiones interesantes como la propia naturaleza de la "community" que se crea entre los usuarios: por ejemplo, recomienda leer con escepticismo lo dicho en los foros.

Más sobre el Journal Community.

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