As the Internet is evolving, publishers are experimenting with new ways of presenting information. The Hungarian daily Nepszabadsag is trying out an interesting concept, in partnership with a local service called Newsmatrix.
News presentation is driven by functionality and fashion. Nowadays the starting page of a leading portals shows a relatively big picture of a key story + a list of top stories + 4-5 short summary of some other top stories. (see CNN and NOL as an examples.)
Newsmatrix (a.k.a Newsmap) is different. You see the headlines in different rectangles, where the size of the rectangle is determined by the popularity of the article and the color linked to the topic. Moreover the tone of the color indicates whether this topic is gaining or losing popularity.
This solution is developed by a Hungarian SME: Guanxi.
You can see Maramushi’s example in English at http://newsmap.jp/
A short description of the technique is available here.
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