Evaluation of Social Media Sourcecs

This post is all about the use of social media. I will be linking social media sources to the controversy of Uber vs. New York and analyzing the sources.

1. Taxi Drivers Protest Possible Uber Expansion in New York
Rather than a link to an article, this is a link to a picture.

Jordan, Bri. "Screenshot of Spencer Platt's photo on gettyimages." 9/5/15 via gettyimages.

• Credibility: The owner of this picture is Spencer Platt. He seems to be a professional photographer and takes lots of cultural, political, and controversial pictures. He posts them on a site called gettyimages. He can be Googled and verified. 
• Location: Spencer is based in New York City where the protests took place. 
• Network: Mr. Platt is an award winning photographer. He does not have any direct affiliations with professional news sites, he is works with geetyimages. He seems to be more of a freelance reporter from his social media.
• Content: Other sources could back what he says up. Spencer seems to photograph what is happening and narrate along side of it to explain his picture.
• Contextual Updates: Spencer doesn't seem to update about this specific issue, but he updates on other political and controversial conversations. 
• Age: Spencer's gettyimages account seems to have been up since 2003, giving him good credibility. 
• Reliability: As visually appealing as this source is, it is not necessarily credible.

2. Brendan McNerney:

• Credibility: Brendan McNerney is actually more of a photographer but happened to share an article that popped up on Storify.
• Location: Brendan is based in New York City where he is close to politics, which explains all his outspoken views on social media.
• Network: Brendan has also worked with Penguin Books and Havas Worldwide.
• Content: He doesn't post many things that would back him up. Brendan posts more about what he feels is relevant. 
• Contextual Updates: Like before, Brendan doesn't have many sources to back him up.
• Age: It seems that he has has his Google+ for quite a while from all the things he has posted, which is what was found on Storify.
• Reliability: This source is not credible for the purpose of Uber vs. New York.