Share Wars

05/12/2016

One of the fake news masters from our book 'All Your Friends Like This ...' had a monster hit during the US election (and no, Hillary's people did not murder an FBI agent)

It has been amazing in the wash-up of Donald Trump’s election win to witness the small but historic roles played by some of the key…

12/07/2016

US and UK Share Wars fans, the book is now available on Amazon through HarperCollins 360

THIS is a topical, punchy and provocative look at how social networks are taking over the news.

09/07/2016

Share Wars in Mumbrella earlier this week ...

Facebook’s news feed is a zero-sum environment. If your friends’ content is winning, someone else is losing. It might be that news brand you Like. The size

22/05/2016

Hey - people in Sydney today ... Hal and Andy are speaking about the book at Sydney Writers' Festival. And it's free!

Pier 2/3 Curiosity Stage, Pier 2/3, Hickson Road, Walsh Bay: Sunday 22 May at 12:00 PM - Andrew Hunter and Hal Crawford on what makes a story shareable.

18/04/2016

Thank goodness that spoon was chained down ... in honour of New York Post editor Col Allan's retirement, an anecdote from our book 'All Your Friends Like This - How Social Networks Took Over News'

04/04/2016

This is the first of two Sydney Writers Festival dates for the Share Wars team. We'll be at Parramatta on May 20 and the Pier2/3 at Walsh Bay on May 22.

UNE Lecture Room, Parramatta, Level 1, 232 Church Street, Parramatta: Friday 20 May at 12:30 PM - What stories are shared the most and why? These authors share their findings.

01/03/2016

Who are more "newsworthy" ... men or women?

Gut feel says that men are probably the more regular protagonists of front-page news and would therefore be, by one measure at least, more “newsworthy”.

02/10/2015

Some quality content for your Friday ...

Here's how it went down when we discussed the new book at the Walkley’s “Future Fridays” event.

28/08/2015

Hal and Dom discuss the Share Wars book with Richard Aedy on the 'Media Report'.

07/08/2015

Share Wars finally weighs in the Goodes saga ... http://share-wars.com/2015/08/stan-grant-delivers-the-sharing-goodes/

27/07/2015

Why Facebookers shared Mick Fanning v the shark.

Mick Fanning’s infamous encounter with a shark at Jeffreys Bay was among the most shared news stories on the planet last week.

01/05/2015

The Share Wars book will be published by Harper Collins in August. It's called All Your Friends Like This. http://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460705261/all-your-friends-like-this-how-social-networks-took-over-news