Live Streaming Death & Gun Violence: Has Social Media Gone Too Far?
In an exclusive conversation with Mashable on July 15 as part of the Fair Media Council’s Summer Social Media Boot Camp, we hold the conversation on everyone’s minds right now: Following the live streaming of a man’s death on Facebook, has social media gone too far?
The conversation with Mashable Chief Correspondent Lance Ulanoff and Fair Media Council CEO Jaci Clement will delve into the topics driving today’s public conversation — mass shootings, gun violence, politics — and offer insight into how decisions are made in covering breaking and developing news stories and whether unfiltered postings and graphic videos on social media channels are responsible for the numbing down of America.
“We’ll be taking the audience inside Mashable, in particular, to shed light on how hot button issues are covered and subjected to the editing process,” said FMC’s Jaci Clement. “There’s a real question in everyone’s minds right now as to whether or not social media has gone too far in allowing disturbing content to be streamed live and unfiltered.”
The conversation is part of the Fair Media Council’s Summer Social Media Boot Camp on July 15, 2016. It will be held at South Nassau Communities Hospital Conference Center in Oceanside, Long Island. Tickets are available here.
About Lance Ulanoff
Lance Ulanoff is Chief Correspondent and Editor-at-Large of Mashable. Lance acts as a senior member of the editing team, with a focus on defining internal and curated opinion content. He also helps develop staff-wide alternative story-telling skills and implementation of social media tools during live events. Prior to joining Mashable in September 2011 Lance Ulanoff served as Editor in Chief of PCMag.com and Senior Vice President of Content for the Ziff Davis, Inc. While there, he guided the brand to a 100% digital existence and oversaw content strategy for all of Ziff Davis’ Web sites. His long-running column on PCMag.com earned him a Bronze award from the ASBPE. Winmag.com, HomePC.com and PCMag.com were all been honored under Lance’s guidance. He makes frequent appearances on national, international, and local news programs including Fox News, the Today Show, Good Morning America, Kelly and Michael, CNBC, CNN and the BBC. He has also offered commentary on National Public Radio and been interviewed by newspapers and radio stations around the country. Lance has been an invited guest speaker at numerous technology conferences including SXSW, Think Mobile, CEA Line Shows, Digital Life, RoboBusiness, RoboNexus, Business Foresight and Digital Media Wire’s Games and Mobile Forum. (Source: Mashable)