Slideshow: How Can Media Harness Networks for Maximum Impact?

The Four Network Layers and the Cycle of Engagement
In January 2010, we released this series of visualizations, which depict the functions of the four “network layers” that we describe in Chapter 2 of Beyond the Echo Chamber, and the “cycle of enagagement” that shows how outlets can engage users at every stage of production:

Networked Users
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Self-Organized Networks
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Institutional Networks
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Networks of Institutions: Media Networks
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Networks of Institutions: Hybrid Networks
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Cycle of Engagement
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Media Maps:

This 2006 map of the progressive media network, published in In These Times, illustrated how the network had grown between 2005 and 2006.
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This 2005 map of the emerging progressive media network, published in In These Times, illustrated both coelescing connections and gaps.
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This 2005 map, first published in In These Times magazine, illustrated the structure of the conservative noise machine
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