Al Jazeera’s new TV program, The Stream, uses social media to both gather news information and interact with its viewers. The show launched online a few weeks ago and will start airing on TV May 2. The Stream uses Storify, which opened to the public this week, to gather information from across the social web to share with viewers.
The show incorporates Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media elements to create a show that focuses on Middle Eastern news and technology. The show encourages its viewers to interact with them – via Twitter or Facebook – by submitting to the “Feed the Stream” box on their site.
What do you think about news shows like The Stream that incorporate social media elements into the program?