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Session 4: Media and Democracy

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I.  Blogs/Twitter

 

 

 

II. Media and Democracy in New Media World

 

  • Edward R. Murrow (Video)
  • Old Media (Video) versus New Media (Video)
    • - Key differences?
    • - Is new media a big deal?
    • - Many-to-many and fragmentation
    • - Newsites no longer final destination
    • - From product to service (artist to DJ)
    • - Personalization and new media content (Qik, YouTube)
    • - McKinsey: 75% of information by 2010 will be user-generated
    • - Analogies with music and gaming industries
  • Debates about Media and Democracy are shaped by medium
    • - What four media does Wilson (2008) identify?
    • - Each medium has an epistemic community
    • - Why do they operate within distinct silos?
    • - What is Wilson (2008) most concerned about?
  • Professional Journalism versus Citizen Journalism Panel
    • - The Fall and Rise
    • - Examples (Athens, Mumbai)
    • - Definitions
    • - Differences
    • - Similarities
    • - The rise of the amateur professional? (Video)
  • Towards a New Taxonomy?
    • - Citizen journalism
    • - Civilian journalism
    • - Snap mob
  • Journalism Simulation
    • - A crisis in Liberia breaks out
  • Media Convergence?
    • - Bridge blogging vs native blogging
    • - CNN's iReport; BBC has 100 Podcasts
    • - Washington Post has 76 blogs; NYT is getting into video
    • - Guardian won TV journalism award in 2008
    • - DNA of Big Media still hard wired to one-to-many model
      • Not about participation, very few links

 

 

III. New Media in Repressive Regimes

 

  • New Media in Authoritarian Societies
    • Ethan Zuckerman
      • Global Voices
      • Ethiopia - RIP
      • Zimbabwe - Can you hear me now?
      • China - Web 1.0
      • Kenya - Ecosystem Case Study

 

  • Censorship, Digital Activism and Resistance
    • Upcoming sessions 

 

 

IV. YouthMap

 

  • Break into groups for brainstorming

 

 

V. Next Session

 

  • Blog posts for next week
  • Rescheduling some sessions
  • Guest presentation next Wednesday (not Tuesday)

 

 

VI. Other references...

 

 

 

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