Co-op was designed in response to Chicago Public Radio's question: What is the future of media? It is a web-based program which parses blog and forum entries, transposing them in a useful, navigable format based on important seeds of information.

Co-op constructs a feedback loop between the radio station and its listeners, allowing listeners to shape content. A system of informational hierarchy sorts for patterns and similarity among stories to give Chicago Public Radio insight into important threads and ideas. The program is valuable to both Chicago Public Radio and its listeners, by highlighting and tracking user feedback based on importance and relevance.

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