App sharing--Eyewitness
- 2. Introduction This APP was designed by CaiXin Media Corporation. The news content provided by Eyewitness is a kind of photography news, and this aspect has a big difference from the news content of general news APPs. In general, Eyewitness is a Chinese Media Client Application Programme that provides high-definition image of news. And this APP provides original news pictures and exclusive documentary photography collections to the users.
- 3. Content Profile The interface of Eyewitness is quite simple and concise, it also very convenient for users to browse the news. Each day the event or big issue of the world and the photo collections full of influence and impact will be presented on the APP. Moreover, there are explanatory reports under each picture. Thus, every photo collection is also a complete report or news story.
- 4. Key features 1. High-definition image of news 2. Original photography news 3. Striking image expression 4. Pure form of photography news communication
- 5. Main Functions Homepage of Eyewitness Upload your own photograph
- 6. Main functions Back to homepage autoplay sharing If users like one of the pictures or news story, they can not only download it, but also share it on micro-blog and wechat friend circle or share it with one of their friends through other social media platform. reading If user don’t want to read the text when they browse the pictures, they can press this reading button to listen the interpretation.
- 7. Advantages 1. The news pictures and reports provided by Eyewitness have strong practical significance and great news value. 2. It will form a visualized feeling of users through browsing these news pictures or photo collections on the interface of this APP. Moreover, the images of great impact will make audience feel that they are personally on the scene and really are the witness of these events.
- 8. Advantages 3. The login account of Eyewitness binds with lots of social media such as micro-blog and wechat, so users who want to upload or share news don’t need to open a new account just for this APP. To some degree, it’s very convenient for users to communicate and share. 4.We can see and learn how to make a good photography news report through Eyewitness, and it also do a lot of inspire to us for taking attractive works of news pictures.
- 9. Disadvantages 1. The function design of this APP is too simple, and there isn’t so much fun when using Eyewitness to get information. 2. The lack of direct interaction and feedback between user and media is very obvious. 3. The news content don’t have a clear and specific time and region classification. All the events of China and the World are presented randomly on the interface. 4. The timeliness of the news isn’t very strong, the amount of information and the proportion of local news is small, and there is no specific focus on any kinds of news materials.
- 10. All in all, though the function and design of Eyewitness still need to be improved and perfected, this APP is an unique one, and users can learn things and get inspiration from it. You can download it and have a try. Thank you for watching. Hope you enjoy using Eyewitness. Have a nice day!