digitaldemocracy

Session 4: Media and Democracy

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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

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

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